Discontinued Operations, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets - Significant components included in Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Details) - Held for sale - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Summary of financial information of the Disposal Group
Property and equipment	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Intangible assets and capitalized debt issuance costs	0.0	0.0
Payments for capital expenditures	$ (0.9)	$ (3.0)

Amount of deprecation and amortization expense attributable to intangible assets and capitalized debt issuance costs of discontinued operations.

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Amount of deprecation and amortization expense attributable to property, plant and equipment of discontinued operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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