Schedule of Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Timber notes receivable	$ 835	$ 865
Company-owned life insurance	91	90
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Timber notes receivable	842	863
Company-owned life insurance	91	90
Recourse Debt \| Term Loan, due 2022
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	490	754
Recourse Debt \| Revenue bonds, due in varying amounts periodically through 2029
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	184	185
Recourse Debt \| American & Foreign Power Company, Inc. 5% debentures, due 2030
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	14	14
Recourse Debt \| Carrying Amount \| Term Loan, due 2022
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	463	717
Recourse Debt \| Carrying Amount \| Revenue bonds, due in varying amounts periodically through 2029
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	186	186
Recourse Debt \| Carrying Amount \| American & Foreign Power Company, Inc. 5% debentures, due 2030
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	14	14
Non-Recourse Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	750	777
Non-Recourse Debt \| Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	$ 754	$ 776

Fair value portion of the amount that could be realized under a life insurance contract or contracts owned by the entity, commonly known as corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) or bank-owned life insurance (BOLI).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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