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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
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):

March 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

Environmental

Environmental

    

Landfill

    

Remediation

    

Total

    

Landfill

    

Remediation

    

Total

Current (in accrued liabilities)

 

$

110

$

27

$

137

$

138

$

27

$

165

Long-term

 

1,770

 

221

 

1,991

  

 

1,717

 

213

 

1,930

 

$

1,880

$

248

$

2,128

$

1,855

$

240

$

2,095

Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

Environmental

    

Landfill

    

Remediation

December 31, 2019

$

1,855

$

240

Obligations incurred and capitalized

 

20

  

 

Obligations settled

 

(18)

  

 

(5)

Interest accretion

 

24

  

 

1

Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions (a)

 

3

  

 

12

Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments

 

(4)

  

 

March 31, 2020

$

1,880

$

248

(a)The amount reported for our environmental remediation liabilities includes an increase of $12 million due to a decrease in the risk-free discount rate used to measure our liabilities from 1.75% at December 31, 2019 to 0.75% at March 31, 2020.