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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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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, 2017      December 31, 2016  
     Landfill      Environmental
Remediation
     Total      Landfill      Environmental
Remediation
     Total  

Current (in accrued liabilities)

   $ 133      $ 26      $ 159      $ 119      $ 28      $ 147  

Long-term

     1,475        217        1,692        1,457        218        1,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,608      $ 243      $ 1,851      $ 1,576      $ 246      $ 1,822  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

 

     Landfill      Environmental
Remediation
 

December 31, 2016

   $ 1,576      $ 246  

Obligations incurred and capitalized

     15        —    

Obligations settled

     (14      (4

Interest accretion

     22        1  

Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions

     8        1  

Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments

     1        (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

March 31, 2017

   $ 1,608      $ 243