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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities  
Liabilities for Landfill and Environmental Remediation Costs

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

June 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

Environmental

Environmental

    

Landfill

    

Remediation

    

Total

    

Landfill

    

Remediation

    

Total

Current (in accrued liabilities)

 

$

125

$

26

$

151

$

143

$

26

$

169

Long-term

 

1,685

 

215

 

1,900

  

 

1,617

 

211

 

1,828

 

$

1,810

$

241

$

2,051

$

1,760

$

237

$

1,997

Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2019 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

Environmental

    

Landfill

    

Remediation

December 31, 2018

$

1,760

$

237

Obligations incurred and capitalized

 

36

  

 

Obligations settled

 

(41)

  

 

(9)

Interest accretion

 

47

  

 

3

Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions (a)

 

3

  

 

10

Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments

 

5

  

 

June 30, 2019

$

1,810

$

241

(a)The amount reported for our environmental remediation liabilities includes an increase of $8 million due to a decrease in the risk-free discount rate used to measure our liabilities from 2.75% at December 31, 2018 to 2.0% at June 30, 2019.