PENSION PLANS (Details 7)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	100.00%	100.00%
U.S. equities(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	19.00%	19.00%
Target Allocation	27.00%
Non-U.S. equities(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	17.00%	15.00%
Target Allocation	18.00%
Fixed income/cash(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	24.00%	35.00%
Target Allocation	29.00%
Alternative investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	21.00%	20.00%
Target Allocation	6.00%
Absolute return strategies
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	19.00%	11.00%
Target Allocation	20.00%
Minimum \| U.S. equities(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	19.00%
Minimum \| Non-U.S. equities(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	4.00%
Minimum \| Fixed income/cash(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	20.00%
Minimum \| Alternative investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	0.00%
Minimum \| Absolute return strategies
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	10.00%
Maximum \| U.S. equities(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	35.00%
Maximum \| Non-U.S. equities(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	34.00%
Maximum \| Fixed income/cash(1)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	72.00%
Maximum \| Alternative investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	28.00%
Maximum \| Absolute return strategies
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Allocation	30.00%

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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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