Commitments, Contingencies And Uncertainties (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Costs Incurred To Comply With Federal Environment Statutes

The Company incurred the following expenditures during the three, nine and twelve months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 to comply with federal environmental statutes (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended				Twelve Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010		2011		2010
Clean Air Act	$	164	$	88	$	457	$	376	$	696	$	523
Clean Water Act	63		51		172		154		196		305

Allowance for Emissions [Table Text Block]

The Company has purchased allowances and expensed the following costs to meet its annual requirements:



			Amount
Compliance Year			(in thousands)
2010			$370
2011			35

- Definition

The entire disclosure for environmental loss contingencies, such as presence of hazardous waste, relevant information from reports issued by regulators, and estimated costs to achieve compliance with regulatory requirements. This element may be used for all of an entity's disclosures about environmental loss contingencies.

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