REMEDIAL LIABILITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]

Changes to Remedial Liabilities

The changes to remedial liabilities from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 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, 2013	$	5,829		$	81,564		$	95,953		$	183,346
Liabilities assumed in Evergreen acquisition	—			—			2,384			2,384
Accretion	281			3,302			3,212			6,795
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of income	(190		)	(2,813		)	(317		)	(3,320		)
Expenditures	(93		)	(7,599		)	(7,202		)	(14,894		)
Currency translation and other	(203		)	(192		)	(1,418		)	(1,813		)
Balance at December 31, 2013	5,624			74,262			92,612			172,498
Adjustments during the measurement period related to Evergreen	—			—			(536		)	(536		)
Accretion	266			2,975			2,913			6,154
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of (loss) income	(113		)	(2,645		)	40			(2,718		)
Expenditures	(109		)	(5,940		)	(12,070		)	(18,119		)
Currency translation and other	(248		)	(124		)	(1,786		)	(2,158		)
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	5,420		$	68,528		$	81,173		$	155,121

Remedial Liabilities Anticipated Payments for Each of the Next Five Years

Anticipated payments at December 31, 2014 (based on current estimated costs and anticipated timing of necessary regulatory approvals to commence work on remedial activities) for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2015	$	17,519
2016	19,623
2017	12,593
2018	11,377
2019	13,911
Thereafter	112,491
Undiscounted remedial liabilities	187,514
Less: Discount	(32,393		)
Total remedial liabilities	$	155,121

Environmental Exit Costs by Cost

The following tables show, respectively, (i) the amounts of such estimated liabilities associated with the types of facilities and sites involved and (ii) the amounts of such estimated liabilities associated with each facility or site which represents at least 5% of the total and with all other facilities and sites as a group and as of December 31, 2014.

Estimates Based on Type of Facility or Site (in thousands):

Type of Facility or Site	Remedial Liability		% of Total		Reasonably Possible Additional Liabilities(1)
Facilities now used in active conduct of the Company's business (49 facilities)	$	72,565	46.8	%	$	13,358
Inactive facilities not now used in active conduct of the Company's business but most of which were acquired because the assumption of remedial liabilities for such facilities was part of the purchase price for the CSD assets (42 facilities)	68,527		44.2		11,023
Superfund sites owned by third parties (23 sites)	14,029		9.0		1,403
Total	$	155,121	100.0	%	$	25,784

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(1) Amounts represent the high end of the range of management's best estimate of the reasonably possible additional liabilities.

(9) REMEDIAL LIABILITIES (Continued)

Estimates Based on Amount of Potential Liability (in thousands):

Location	Type of Facility or Site	Remedial Liability		% of Total		Reasonably Possible Additional Liabilities(1)
Baton Rouge, LA(2)	Closed incinerator and landfill	$	26,444	17.1	%	$	4,256
Bridgeport, NJ	Closed incinerator	18,664		12.0		2,565
Mercier, Quebec(2)	Idled incinerator and legal proceedings	13,049		8.4		1,436
Linden, NJ	Operating solvent recycling center	8,395		5.4		879
Various(2)	All other incinerators, landfills, wastewater treatment facilities and service centers (87 facilities)	74,540		48.1		15,245
Various(2)	Superfund sites (each representing less than 5% of total liabilities) owned by third parties (23 sites)	14,029		9.0		1,403
Total		$	155,121	100.0	%	$	25,784

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(1) Amounts represent the high end of the range of management's best estimate of the reasonably possible additional liabilities.

(2) $27.7 million of the $155.1 million remedial liabilities and $2.9 million of the $25.8 million reasonably possible additional liabilities include estimates of remediation liabilities related to the legal and administrative proceedings discussed in Note 16, "Commitments and Contingencies," as well as other such estimated remedial liabilities.