Capital Leases Operating Leases NoTE 4: ENvIroNMENTAl AND rEClAMATIoN ACTIvITIES During 2012 and 2011 we entered into lease agreements for equipment at our Greens Creek and Lucky Friday units which we have determined to  be capital leases. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, we have recorded $28.9 million and $15.8 million, respectively, for the gross amount of assets  acquired under the capital leases and $5.3 million and $5.7 million, respectively, in accumulated depreciation, classified as plants and equipment in  Properties, plants, equipment and mineral interests.  See Note 6 for information on future obligations related to our capital leases. We enter into operating leases during the normal course of business. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we incurred  expenses of $3.1 million, $3.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively, for these leases. At December 31, 2012, future obligations under our non- cancelable operating leases were as follows (in thousands): The liabilities accrued for our reclamation and closure costs at December 31, 2012 and 2011, were as follows (in thousands): The activity in our accrued reclamation and closure cost liability for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, was as follows (in  thousands): During the fourth quarter of 2010, we recorded an additional $193.2 million provision for remediation of the Coeur d’Alene Basin based on an  understanding reached among the United States, the Coeur d’Alene Indian Tribe (“Plaintiffs”), and the State of Idaho, bringing our accrual to $262.2  million as of December 31, 2010. On September 8, 2011, a Consent Decree (the “Consent Decree”) settling environmental litigation and related claims  involving Hecla Limited pertaining to historic releases of mining wastes in the Coeur d’Alene Basin was approved and entered by the U.S. District  Court in Idaho. The Consent Decree resolved all existing claims of the Plaintiffs against Hecla Limited and its affiliates under the Comprehensive  Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) (and certain other statutes) for past response costs, future environmental  remediation costs, and natural resource damages related to historic releases of mining wastes in the Coeur d’Alene River Basin. The Consent Decree  also resolved all remaining obligations of Hecla Limited under the 1994 Consent Decree relating to the “Box,” a rectangular 21-square-mile site  located near Kellogg, Idaho within the Bunker Hill Superfund site. The Consent Decree contains comprehensive terms of settlement, including  financial terms which require that Hecla Limited pay, in the aggregate, $264.4 million to the Plaintiffs over approximately three years following the  settlement. Payments of approximately $168 million and $25 million (and related interest) were made in October 2011 and 2012, respectively, pursuant  to the terms of the Consent Decree. Hecla Limited remains obligated under the Consent Decree to make the following payments: F-12 [ HL:10-K ]  Balance at January 1, 2010  $  131,201  Accruals for estimated costs  196,067 Payment of reclamation obligations  (8,471) Balance at December 31, 2010 318,797  Accruals for estimated costs  7,869 Payment of reclamation obligations  (172,855) Balance at December 31, 2011 153,811  Accruals for estimated costs  4,325 Revision of estimated cash flows due to changes in reclamation plans (3,738) Payment of reclamation obligations  (41,183) Balance at December 31, 2012 $ 113,215  2012 2011 Operating properties:  Greens Creek $ 32,856 $ 36,123 Lucky Friday 1,469 1,520 Non-operating properties:  San Sebastian 200 218 Grouse Creek 2,484 13,262 Coeur d’Alene Basin 70,786 95,081 Republic 3,538 3,538 All other sites 1,882  4,069  Total  113,215 153,811 Reclamation and closure costs, current  (19,845)  (42,248) Reclamation and closure costs, long-term  $ 93,370  $ 111,563  Year ending December 31,  2013  $ 3,087 2014  3,114 2015  1,434 2016  1,438 2017  1,056 Thereafter 3,848  Total  $ 13,977 