Note 3 - New Accounting Standards	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements
Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Not yet Adopted [Text Block]	(3) NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, “Leases.” The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the statement of operations. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements. In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.” ASU No. 2015-17 requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. ASU 2015-17 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Partnership believes that adoption will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330), Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. ASU 2015-11 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” ASU 2015-03 amends current presentation guidance by requiring the debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. Prior to the issuance of ASU 2015-03, debt issuance costs were required to be presented as an asset in the balance sheet. The standard requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. The Partnership adopted the provisions of ASU 2015-03 in the first quarter of 2016, and prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Net debt issuance costs of $220,000 and $199,000 were reclassified in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and segment disclosures from other non-current assets to long-term debt for the prior periods ending September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015, respectively. In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern.” This guidance requires management to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. If such conditions or events exist, disclosures are required that enable users of the financial statements to understand the nature of the conditions or events, management’s evaluation of the circumstances and management’s plans to mitigate the conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. ASU No. 2014-15 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The new guidance provides new criteria for recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the Partnership expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance requires expanded disclosures to provide greater insight into both revenue that has been recognized and revenue that is expected to be recognized in the future from existing contracts. Quantitative and qualitative information will be provided about the significant judgments and changes in those judgments that management made to determine the revenue which is recorded. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date.” This update deferred the effective date for implementation of this standard by one year. ASU 2014-09 is now effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted only for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that period. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.

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NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, “Leases.” The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the statement of operations. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available.

The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.” ASU No. 2015-17 requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. ASU 2015-17 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Partnership believes that adoption will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330), Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. ASU 2015-11 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” ASU 2015-03 amends current presentation guidance by requiring the debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. Prior to the issuance of ASU 2015-03, debt issuance costs were required to be presented as an asset in the balance sheet. The standard requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. The Partnership adopted the provisions of ASU 2015-03 in the first quarter of 2016, and prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Net debt issuance costs of $220,000 and $199,000 were reclassified in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and segment disclosures from other non-current assets to long-term debt for the prior periods ending September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern.” This guidance requires management to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. If such conditions or events exist, disclosures are required that enable users of the financial statements to understand the nature of the conditions or events, management’s evaluation of the circumstances and management’s plans to mitigate the conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. ASU No. 2014-15 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The new guidance provides new criteria for recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the Partnership expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance requires expanded disclosures to provide greater insight into both revenue that has been recognized and revenue that is expected to be recognized in the future from existing contracts. Quantitative and qualitative information will be provided about the significant judgments and changes in those judgments that management made to determine the revenue which is recorded. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date.” This update deferred the effective date for implementation of this standard by one year. ASU 2014-09 is now effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted only for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that period. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.