Commitments and Contingencies - Contingencies (Details) - Company	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Companies named as Potentially Responsible Parties (more than)		100
Percent of contribution to the total waste	0.50%

Site contingencies and current estimates of the potential remediation costs percentage of contribution to total waste.

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