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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Net number of non-option equity instruments granted to participants.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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Incentive Compensation - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Feb. 19, 2016 Time shares	Jan. 12, 2016 shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash settled liabilities reclassified to equity settled liabilities \| $			$ 10.1
Restricted Common Units
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant of stock units	717,654
Restricted Performance Units
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant of stock units	717,654
Target number of common units, Minimum \| Time	0
Target number of common units, Maximum \| Time	2
Common Units \| Non-employee Directors
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant of stock units, fully vested		12,368