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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Certain of our assets and liabilities are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. For purposes of recording fair value adjustments for certain financial and non-financial assets and liabilities, and determining fair value disclosures, we estimate fair value at a price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal market for the asset or liability.
The fair value measurement and disclosure requirements of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures (ASC 820) requires inputs that we categorize using a three-level hierarchy, from highest to lowest level of observable inputs, as follows:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;
Level 2 — Direct or indirect observable inputs, including quoted prices or other market data, for similar
assets or liabilities in active markets or identical assets or liabilities in less active markets;
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that require significant judgment for which there is little or no market data.
When multiple input levels are required for a valuation, we categorize the entire fair value measurement according to the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire measurement even though we may also have utilized significant inputs that are more readily observable. The amounts reported in our consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate fair value. The carrying amount of our interest rate swap agreements represents the estimated fair value, measured using Level 2 inputs. As of June 30, 2013 the swap agreements had expired and as of December 31, 2012, the carrying amount of our interest rate swap agreements was a liability of less than $0.1 million, recorded in accrued liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets.

Fair value of our debt instruments is determined using Level 2 inputs. Fair values and related carrying values of our debt instruments were as follows for the periods indicated:
 
  
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
Carrying Amount
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying  Amount
 
Fair Value
 
(in thousands)
Long-term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7.50% Notes
$
225,000

 
$
225,000

 
$

 
$

9.125% Notes
425,000

 
454,750

 
425,000

 
453,688

Total
$
650,000

 
$
679,750

 
$
425,000

 
$
453,688



The assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the ITS Acquisition were recorded at fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Acquisition date fair values represent either Level 2 fair value measurements (current assets and liabilities, property, plant and equipment) or Level 3 fair value measurements (intangible assets).
Market conditions could cause an instrument to be reclassified from Level 1 to Level 2, or Level 2 to Level 3. There were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy or any changes in the valuation techniques used during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.