Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

7.SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company’s revenues are generated from the collection, transfer, recycling and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste and the treatment, recovery and disposal of non-hazardous E&P waste.  No single contract or customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total revenues at the consolidated or reportable segment level during the periods presented. 

The Company manages its operations through three geographic operating segments (Western, Central and Eastern) and its E&P segment, which includes the majority of the Company’s E&P waste treatment and disposal operations.  The Company’s three geographic operating segments and its E&P segment comprise the Company’s reportable segments.  Each operating segment is responsible for managing several vertically integrated operations, which are comprised of districts.  The Company’s Western segment is comprised of operating locations in Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and western Wyoming; the Company’s Central segment is comprised of operating locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and eastern Wyoming; and the Company’s Eastern segment is comprised of operating locations in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.  The E&P segment is comprised of the Company’s E&P operations in Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming and along the Gulf of Mexico.

The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) evaluates operating segment profitability and determines resource allocations based on several factors, of which the primary financial measure is EBITDA. The Company defines EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, gain (loss) on disposal of assets and other income (expense).  EBITDA is not a measure of operating income, operating performance or liquidity under GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.  The Company’s management uses EBITDA in the evaluation of segment operating performance as it is a profit measure that is generally within the control of the operating segments.  A reconciliation of EBITDA to Income before income tax provision is included at the end of this Note 7. 

Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, is shown in the following tables: 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014	Gross Revenues		Intercompany Revenues(b)		Net Revenues		EBITDA(c)
Western	$	217,603	$	(22,248)	$	195,355	$	62,492
Central		143,384		(14,317)		129,067		45,843
Eastern		109,367		(18,041)		91,326		27,137
E&P		70,306		(4,344)		65,962		31,479
Corporate(a)		-		-		-		(3,949)
	$	540,660	$	(58,950)	$	481,710	$	163,002

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	Gross Revenues		Intercompany Revenues(b)		Net Revenues		EBITDA(c)
Western	$	216,345	$	(23,194)	$	193,151	$	58,576
Central		127,963		(13,370)		114,593		40,238
Eastern		105,430		(17,660)		87,770		25,881
E&P		57,021		(2,643)		54,378		22,587
Corporate(a)		-		-		-		(2,604)
	$	506,759	$	(56,867)	$	449,892	$	144,678

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(a)Corporate functions include accounting, legal, tax, treasury, information technology, risk management, human resources, training and other administrative functions.  Amounts reflected are net of allocations to the four operating segments.

(b)Intercompany revenues reflect each segment’s total intercompany sales, including intercompany sales within a segment and between segments.  Transactions within and between segments are generally made on a basis intended to reflect the market value of the service. 

(c)For those items included in the determination of EBITDA, the accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The following tables show changes in goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, by reportable segment: 

	Western		Central		Eastern		E&P		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2013	$	372,915	$	459,054	$	380,570	$	462,615	$	1,675,154
Goodwill adjustments		-		(843)		(1)		-		(844)
Balance as of March 31, 2014	$	372,915	$	458,211	$	380,569	$	462,615	$	1,674,310

	Western		Central		Eastern		E&P		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	373,143	$	430,412	$	380,561	$	452,441	$	1,636,557
Goodwill transferred		-		(9,196)		-		9,196		-
Goodwill acquired		-		1		24		757		782
Balance as of March 31, 2013	$	373,143	$	421,217	$	380,585	$	462,394	$	1,637,339

The Company has no accumulated impairment losses associated with goodwill. 

A reconciliation of the Company’s primary measure of segment profitability (EBITDA) to Income before income tax provision in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income is as follows: 

	Three months ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Western segment EBITDA	$	62,492	$	58,576
Central segment EBITDA		45,843		40,238
Eastern segment EBITDA		27,137		25,881
E&P segment EBITDA		31,479		22,587
Subtotal reportable segments		166,951		147,282
Unallocated corporate overhead		(3,949)		(2,604)
Depreciation		(55,817)		(51,649)
Amortization of intangibles		(6,737)		(6,438)
Gain on disposal of assets		141		322
Interest expense		(16,910)		(19,012)
Other income (expense), net		(524)		742
Income before income tax provision	$	83,155	$	68,643

The following table shows, for the periods indicated, the Company’s total reported revenues by service line and with intercompany eliminations: 

	Three months ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Solid waste collection	$	306,003	$	293,144
Solid waste disposal and transfer		135,563		122,772
E&P waste treatment, recovery and disposal		73,318		59,931
Solid waste recycling		14,904		18,794
Intermodal and other		10,872		12,118
		540,660		506,759
Less: intercompany elimination		(58,950)		(56,867)
Total revenues	$	481,710	$	449,892