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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Environmental Liabilities [Table Text Block]
Environmental Reserves
($ in millions)
September 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
New Jersey Chrome

$150

 

$151

Glass and chemical
72

 
90

Other
71

 
50

Total

$293

 

$291

Current portion

$115

 

$105


Environmental Costs [Table Text Block]
Pretax charges against income for environmental remediation costs are included in Other charges in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of income. The pretax charges and cash outlays related to such environmental remediation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30
($ in millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Environmental remediation pretax charges

$24

 

$4

 

$75

 

$39

Cash outlays for environmental remediation activities

$21

 

$14

 

$57

 

$45