Commitments and Contingencies (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, we are involved in litigation, claims, government inquiries, investigations and proceedings, including but not limited to those relating to environmental exposures, intellectual property matters, personal injury claims, product liabilities, regulatory matters, commercial and government contract issues, employment and employee benefit matters, commercial or contractual disputes, and securities matters.

Although the ultimate outcome of any legal matter cannot be predicted with certainty, based on present information including our assessment of the merits of the particular claim, as well as our current reserves and insurance coverage, we do not expect that such legal proceedings will have any material adverse impact on our financial statements, unless otherwise noted below. However, there can be no assurance that an adverse outcome in any of the proceedings described below will not result in material fines, penalties or damages, changes to the Company's business practices, loss of (or litigation with) customers or a material adverse effect on our financial statements.

Asbestos Matters

On June 30, 2021, the Company completed the sale of InTelCo Management LLC (InTelCo), a former subsidiary of the Company which previously held its asbestos-related assets and liabilities, to a third party, Sapphire TopCo, Inc. (Buyer). The sale included a $398.0 cash contribution from the Company to InTelCo. Following the completion of the sale, the Company no longer has any obligation with respect to pending and future asbestos claims and has deconsolidated InTelCo from its financial results.

The table below summarizes our total net asbestos-related (benefit) costs.

For the Year Ended December 31	2023		2022		2021
Asbestos provision, net(a)	$	—	$	—	$	14.4
Gain on divestiture before income tax	—		—		(88.8)
Asbestos-related (benefit) costs, net	$	—	$	—	$	(74.4)

(a)2021 includes costs related to the divestiture of InTelCo as well as certain administrative costs such as legal-related costs for insurance asset recoveries.

Environmental Matters

In the ordinary course of business, we are subject to federal, state, local, and foreign environmental laws and regulations. We are responsible, or are alleged to be responsible, for ongoing environmental investigation and site remediation. These sites are in various stages of investigation and/or remediation and in many of these proceedings our liability is considered de minimis. We have received notification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and from similar state and foreign environmental agencies, that a number of sites formerly or currently owned or operated by the Company, and other properties or water supplies that may be or have been impacted from those operations, contain disposed or recycled materials or wastes and require environmental investigation or remediation. These sites include instances where we have been identified as a potentially responsible party under federal and state environmental laws and regulations.

Accruals for environmental matters are recorded on a site-by-site basis when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. The following table provides a rollforward of the estimated current and long-term environmental liability.

	2023		2022
Balance as of January 1	$	57.1	$	54.1
Changes in estimates for pre-existing accruals:
Continuing operations	2.6		1.7
Discontinued operations(a)	—		5.4
Accruals added during the period for new matters	—		0.1
Cash payments	(3.9)		(4.0)
Foreign currency	0.2		(0.2)
Balance as of December 31	$	56.0	$	57.1

(a)During 2022, we increased the estimated environmental liability for a former site of ITT by $5.4 and recognized an insurance-related asset of $4.3. The resulting net pre-tax expense of $1.1 has been presented as a loss from discontinued operations within our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Environmental-related assets, including a qualified settlement fund (QSF) and estimated recoveries from insurance providers and other third parties, were $10.0 and $13.6 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The following table illustrates the reasonably possible high range of estimated liability and number of active sites for environmental matters.

As of December 31	2023		2022
High-end estimate of environmental liability	$	98.2	$	93.5
Number of open environmental sites	26		28

As actual costs incurred at identified sites in future periods may vary from our current estimates given the inherent uncertainties in evaluating environmental exposures, management believes it is possible that the outcome of these uncertainties may have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.