Construction of the proposed 547 km LaCrosse Pipeline will take place in two phases. During Phase I, Enbridge will construct and commission the 42 and 36 inch diameter pipeline segments running from the Enbridge Carthage Hub to Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and a 24 inch segment extending from Point Coupee Parish to Petrologistics, LLC's Choctaw Storage facility in Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

In Phase II, Enbridge will construct and place in service the pipeline segment from Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, to an interconnection with Southern Natural Gas Company in Washington Parish, Louisiana. The planned commissioning dates will be phased to meet commercial demand between January 2012 and March 2013.

"We are in the process of negotiating third party agreements that will bring total capacity commitments to exceed 1 Bcf/d, and have additional indications of interest that could exceed 1.3 Bcf/d," said Enbridge Energy Company President Terrance L. McGill.

The binding open season will run through Monday, November 23, 2009. Information received during the open season will be used to finalise design and final capacity for the proposed project. Capacity for those parties who have already executed precedent agreements will be preserved under those agreements and will not be subject to allocation.