(11) PENSION PLAN

The Partnership sponsors a defined benefit pension plan covering employees that are members of a union bargaining unit. The Partnership’s funding policy is to contribute an amount to the plan sufficient to meet the minimum funding requirements set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

The components of net periodic benefit cost consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Pension Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Service Cost	$	16		$	22
Interest Cost	15			13
Expected Return on Assets	(17		)	(14		)
Amortization of Unrecognized Prior Service Costs	2			2
Amortization of Unrecognized Loss	—			5
Net Periodic Pension Cost	$	16		$	28