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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables) [Abstract]  
Liabilities for landfill and environmental remediation costs
 
Liabilities for landfill and environmental remediation costs are presented in the table below (in millions):
 
                                                 
    June 30, 2011     December 31, 2010  
          Environmental
                Environmental
       
    Landfill     Remediation     Total     Landfill     Remediation     Total  
 
Current (in accrued liabilities)
  $ 104     $ 42     $ 146     $ 105     $ 43     $ 148  
Long-term
    1,203       233       1,436       1,161       241       1,402  
                                                 
    $ 1,307     $ 275     $ 1,582     $ 1,266     $ 284     $ 1,550  
                                                 
Changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities
 
The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the six months ended June 30, 2011 are reflected in the table below (in millions):
 
                 
          Environmental
 
    Landfill     Remediation  
 
December 31, 2009
  $ 1,267     $ 256  
Obligations incurred and capitalized
    47        
Obligations settled
    (86 )     (36 )
Interest accretion
    82       5  
Revisions in cost estimates and interest rate assumptions
    (49 )     61  
Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments
    5       (2 )
                 
December 31, 2010
    1,266       284  
Obligations incurred and capitalized
    24        
Obligations settled
    (31 )     (16 )
Interest accretion
    41       3  
Revisions in cost estimates and interest rate assumptions
    4       4  
Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments
    3        
                 
June 30, 2011
  $ 1,307     $ 275