OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]

Schedule of other non-current liabilities

Other non-current liabilities consist of the following at the dates indicated (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Accrued employee benefit liabilities	$	42,643	$	44,364
Accrued environmental remediation liabilities	38,832		39,993
Deferred consideration	23,392		16,131
Liability related to investment tax credit	—		17,720
Unfavorable storage contracts (1)	—		5,979
ARO	5,463		2,596
Derivative liabilities	703		2,620
Other	4,374		5,148
Total other non-current liabilities	$	115,407	$	134,551

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(1) Amounts relate to the unfavorable storage contracts acquired in connection with the BORCO acquisition in 2011.  See Note 13 for further discussion.