Search Elements:
- Taxonomy
- us-gaap
- Name
- RecordedThirdPartyEnvironmentalRecoveriesReceivable
- Label
- Recorded Third-Party Environmental Recoveries Receivable
- Period Type
- instant
- Balance Type
- debit
- Type
- xbrli:monetaryItemType
- Definition
- Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of known and reasonably estimable amounts of recoveries from third-parties pertaining to an entity''s environmental remediation obligations. An entity''s balance sheet may include several assets that relate to an environmental remediation obligation. Among them are the following: a. Receivables from other potentially responsible parties that are not providing initial funding; b. anticipated recoveries from insurers; and c. anticipated recoveries from prior owners as a result of indemnification agreements.