Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, is comprised of the following:



(In thousands)	Pension and Other Post Retirement Employee Benefit Plan Adjustments			Total
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	(55,548	)	$	(55,548	)
Other comprehensive income, before reclassifications¹	953			953
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss²	1,632			1,632
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	2,585			2,585
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	(52,963	)	$	(52,963	)

	Pension and Other Post Retirement Employee Benefit Plan Adjustments			Total
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	(70,863	)	$	(70,863	)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax¹	4,802			4,802
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	(66,061	)	$	(66,061	)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, net periodic costs associated with our pension and other postretirement employee benefit, or OPEB, plans included in other comprehensive income and reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss included $2.8 million and $9.5 million, respectively, of actuarial loss amortization, as well as $1.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of prior service credit amortization, all net of tax totaling $0.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively. These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and OPEB costs in Note 10, “Pension and Other Postretirement Employee Benefit Plans.”

Included in "Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss" above for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 is settlement expense of $3.5 million associated with the remeasurement of our salaried pension plan, which is discussed further in Note 10, “Pension and Other Postretirement Employee Benefit Plans.” The remeasurement resulted in a settlement loss of $0.8 million recorded to the pension liability and reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss. The settlement expense and corresponding remeasurement are net of tax totaling $1.1 million.