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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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DEBT (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 19, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Mar. 09, 2017	Oct. 05, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 3,298.1		$ 3,672.7
Receivables Financing Agreement	125.0		249.7
Capital lease obligations	4.2		3.7
Deferred debt issuance costs	(34.1)		(32.6)
Interest rate swaps	(33.7)		(28.1)
Total debt	3,230.3		3,612.0
Current installments of long-term debt	125.9		0.7
Total long-term debt	3,104.4		3,611.3
Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 543.0		$ 1,323.4
Interest rate	4.02%		3.57%
Variable-Rate Recovery Zone Bonds
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 103.0		$ 103.0
Interest rate	3.67%		3.27%
Variable-Rate Go Zone Bonds
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 50.0		$ 50.0
Interest rate	3.67%		3.27%
Industrial Development and Environmental Improvement Obligations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 2.9		$ 2.9
Interest rate	2.52%		1.27%
2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 720.0		$ 720.0
Interest rate	9.75%		9.75%		9.75%
2025 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 500.0		$ 500.0
Interest rate	10.00%		10.00%		10.00%
2022 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 200.0		$ 200.0
Interest rate	5.50%		5.50%
2027 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 500.0		$ 500.0
Interest rate	5.125%		5.125%	5.125%
2030 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 550.0		$ 0.0
Interest rate	5.00%	5.00%	0.00%
Senior Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Revolving Credit Facility	$ 0.0		$ 20.0