COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2007 mi entity	Sep. 30, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Period of letters of credit		1 year
Proposed Settlement		$ 48,100,000
Number of other companies to perform a Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study related to the Lower Passaic River Clean-Up lawsuit	70
Number of miles of the River used in the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study	17
Line of Credit
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Line of credit		500,000,000
EPA Preferred Remedy [Member] | Minimum
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Estimated implementation costs		950,000,000
EPA Preferred Remedy [Member] | Maximum
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Estimated implementation costs		$ 1,730,000,000