Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed On Behalf Of Direct Purchasers

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Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed On Behalf Of Indirect Purchasers

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Other Producers Named In Lawsuit

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Number of Settlement Agreements

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 12, 2012 USD ($) settlement_agreement	Oct. 13, 2016 producer claim	Dec. 27, 2009 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
New claims filed		3
Number of other producers named in lawsuits \| producer		13
New claims filed on behalf of direct purchasers		1
New claims filed on behalf of indirect purchasers		2
Due to IRS
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages sought \| $	$ 29.3		$ 74.7
Number of Stipulations of Settled Issued \| settlement_agreement	2