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REMEDIAL LIABILITIES
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]  
REMEDIAL LIABILITIES
REMEDIAL LIABILITIES 
The changes to remedial liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2014 were as follows (in thousands):
 
Remedial
Liabilities for
Landfill Sites
 
Remedial
Liabilities for
Inactive Sites
 
Remedial
Liabilities
(Including
Superfund) for
Non-Landfill
Operations
 
Total
Balance at January 1, 2014
$
5,624

 
$
74,262

 
$
92,612

 
$
172,498

Adjustments during the measurement period related to Evergreen
—

 
—

 
(125
)
 
(125
)
Accretion
66

 
756

 
730

 
1,552

Changes in estimates recorded to statement of income
(126
)
 
(259
)
 
(652
)
 
(1,037
)
Expenditures
(32
)
 
(1,399
)
 
(1,843
)
 
(3,274
)
Currency translation and other
(108
)
 
(40
)
 
(744
)
 
(892
)
Balance at March 31, 2014
$
5,424

 
$
73,320

 
$
89,978

 
$
168,722


In the three months ended March 31, 2014, the reduction in changes in estimates recorded to the statement of income was $1.0 million and primarily related to timing changes for various projects.