(8) Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consist of the following:

 

		December 31,
		2013				2012
Accrued payroll and benefits		$	9,380			$	6,434
Accrued insurance			2,881				3,548
Accrued legal and environmental			33,707				8,537
Accrued taxes			1,239				1,497
Accrued interest			8,294				8,991
Amounts payable to related party (Note 18)			110				3,536
Accrued operating costs and other			7,820				14,003
Total accrued liabilities		$	63,431			$	46,546

 

Accrued legal and environmental at December 31, 2013 includes $27.0 million in connection with the pending settlement of the 2010 Class Action litigation. Of such amount, $13.5 million is expected to be settled through the issuance of the Company’s common stock upon final approval of the settlement by the court (Note 16).