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2308301 - Disclosure - FINAL CAPPING, CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE COSTS (Tables)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000911177 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]
 
Changes to Accrued Capping, Closure and Post-Closure Liabilities
The changes to accrued final capping, closure and post-closure liabilities are as follows:
 
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
Beginning balance
$
41,041

 
$
39,829

Obligations incurred
2,441

 
1,798

Revisions in estimates (1)
(2,052
)
 
(2,030
)
Accretion expense
3,606

 
3,370

Obligations settled (2)
(829
)
 
(1,926
)
Ending balance
$
44,207

 
$
41,041

 
(1)
The revisions in estimates for final capping, closure and post-closure liabilities for fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2015 consist of changes in cost estimates and the timing of final capping and closure events, as well as changes to expansion airspace and tonnage placement assumptions.
(2)
Includes amounts paid and amounts that are being processed through accounts payable as a part of our disbursement cycle.