FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS	3 Months Ended
FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS	Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]
FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS	FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS The Company estimated the fair value and carrying value of its total long-term debt, including the current portion, was $1,512.8 million and $1,482.6 million, respectively, at March 31, 2012. At December 31, 2011, the fair value and the carrying value of its total long-term debt, including the current portion, were $1,512.5 million and $1,491.4 million, respectively. The terms on existing variable rate debt, including commercial paper, approximate current market conditions; therefore, the fair values of these instruments approximate their carrying values. The Company has assigned the long-term debt a Level 2 fair value measurement, as more fully described in Note 11, Fair Value Measurements.

The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants.

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