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REMEDIAL LIABILITIES (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]  
Changes to Remedial Liabilities
The changes to remedial liabilities from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 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
266

 
2,975

 
2,913

 
6,154

Changes in estimates recorded to statement of income (loss)
(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

Accretion
218

 
2,924

 
2,622

 
5,764

Changes in estimates recorded to statement of income (loss)
(2,841
)
 
(2,927
)
 
(5,620
)
 
(11,388
)
Expenditures
(137
)
 
(4,779
)
 
(9,091
)
 
(14,007
)
Currency translation and other
(333
)
 
(133
)
 
(3,032
)
 
(3,498
)
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
2,327

 
$
63,613

 
$
66,052

 
$
131,992
Remedial Liabilities Anticipated Payments for Each of the Next Five Years
Anticipated payments at December 31, 2015 (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 were as follows (in thousands):
Year ending December 31,
 
2016
$
13,525

2017
14,004

2018
15,907

2019
10,626

2020
9,963

Thereafter
94,116

Undiscounted remedial liabilities
158,141

Less: Discount
(26,149
)
Total remedial liabilities
$
131,992
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, 2015.
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 (47 facilities)
$
59,022

 
44.7
%
 
$
12,157

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 (40 facilities)
63,613

 
48.2

 
10,543

Superfund sites owned by third parties (17 sites)
9,357

 
7.1

 
936

Total
$
131,992

 
100.0
%
 
$
23,636

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

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
 
$
23,572

 
17.9
%
 
$
3,931

Bridgeport, NJ
Closed incinerator
 
18,623

 
14.1

 
2,568

Mercier, Quebec(2)
Idled incinerator and legal proceedings
 
9,012

 
6.8

 
947

Linden, NJ
Operating solvent recycling center
 
8,069

 
6.1

 
867

Various(2)
All other incinerators, landfills, wastewater treatment facilities and service centers (83 facilities)
 
63,359

 
48.0

 
14,387

Various(2)
Superfund sites (each representing less than 5% of total liabilities) owned by third parties (17 sites)
 
9,357

 
7.1

 
936

Total
 
 
$
131,992

 
100.0
%
 
$
23,636

_________________________________
(1)
Amounts represent the high end of the range of management's best estimate of the reasonably possible additional liabilities.
(2)
$18.9 million of the $132.0 million remedial liabilities and $1.9 million of the $23.6 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.