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Site Contingency, Number Of Properties With Potential Environmental Liability

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Aggregate carrying amount of the estimated litigation liability for known or estimated probable loss from litigation, which may include attorneys' fees and other litigation costs.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in loss contingency liability.

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Amount of cash outflow reducing loss contingency liability.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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The difference between the maximum amount of estimated loss and the amount recorded as of the balance sheet date.

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Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items - Lawsuits (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 26, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) property
Loss Contingencies
Estimated Litigation Liability				$ 88
Number of properties with potential environmental liability \| property				180
Peruvian Tax Litigation, Before Interest \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Asserted Claim				$ 26
Peruvian Tax Litigation, Income Taxwitholding 2001 and 2002 \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Asserted Claim				3
Peruvian Tax Litigation, Vat for 2001 and 2002 \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Asserted Claim				7
Peruvian Tax Litigation, Disallowance of VAT in 2005 \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Asserted Claim				16
Peruvian Tax Litigation \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Asserted Claim				15
Employee Severance and Contractor Termination Disputes \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Asserted Claim				29
Brazilian Tax Claims \| Maximum \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued				$ 53
Brazilian Tax Claims \| Brazilian Tax Reserve Release \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss Contingency Accrual, Period Increase (Decrease)		$ (3)	$ (6)
Loss Contingency Accrual, Payments		$ 5
United States of America ex rel., v. Level 3 Communications, Inc. et al. \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies
Loss contingency, damages sought, value	$ 50