Life to date payments for environmental remediation response activities.

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Site contingency maximum future response cost percentage.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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The amount of cash paid for the settlement of litigation or for other legal issues during the period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Environmental and legal losses	$ 25,000,000		$ 25,800,000
Cash outlays related to legal and environmental matters	$ 1,400,000	$ 1,000,000
Contribution for future response costs	5.00%
Wilmington Site [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Payment of environmental response costs	$ 2,500,000
Minimum [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Environmental and legal losses	25,000,000
Maximum [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Environmental and legal losses	$ 46,100,000