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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
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Liabilities for Landfill and Environmental Remediation Costs

Liabilities for landfill and environmental remediation costs are presented in the table below (in millions):

 

     March 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  
     Landfill      Environmental
Remediation
     Total      Landfill      Environmental
Remediation
     Total  

Current (in accrued liabilities)

   $ 94       $ 35       $ 129       $ 95       $ 35       $ 130   

Long-term

     1,343         189         1,532         1,326         192         1,518   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,437       $ 224       $ 1,661       $ 1,421       $ 227       $ 1,648   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the three months ended March 31, 2014 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

 

     Landfill     Environmental
Remediation
 

December 31, 2012

   $ 1,338      $ 253   

Obligations incurred and capitalized

     59        —     

Obligations settled

     (71     (20

Interest accretion

     87        4   

Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions

     6        (6

Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments

     2        (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

     1,421        227   

Obligations incurred and capitalized

     12        —     

Obligations settled

     (8     (5

Interest accretion

     21        1   

Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions

     (7     1   

Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments

     (2     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

March 31, 2014

   $ 1,437      $ 224