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REMEDIAL LIABILITIES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]  
REMEDIAL LIABILITIES
REMEDIAL LIABILITIES 
The changes to remedial liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows (in thousands):
 
Remedial
Liabilities for
Landfill Sites
 
Remedial
Liabilities for
Inactive Sites
 
Remedial
Liabilities
(Including
Superfund) for
Non-Landfill
Operations
 
Total
Balance at January 1, 2014
$
5,624

 
$
74,262

 
$
92,612

 
$
172,498

Adjustments during the measurement period related to Evergreen
—

 
—

 
(536
)
 
(536
)
Accretion
200

 
2,280

 
2,184

 
4,664

Changes in estimates recorded to statement of income
(126
)
 
(2,385
)
 
100

 
(2,411
)
Expenditures
(82
)
 
(4,338
)
 
(5,666
)
 
(10,086
)
Currency translation and other
(146
)
 
(63
)
 
(1,045
)
 
(1,254
)
Balance at September 30, 2014
$
5,470

 
$
69,756

 
$
87,649

 
$
162,875


In the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the reduction in changes in estimates recorded to the statement of (loss) income was $2.4 million and primarily related to estimated cost adjustments for remediation across various sites.