The Vancouver Sun reports in its Saturday edition the National Energy Board has slapped Enbridge with $264,000 in penalties, mainly for safety and environmental hazards related to maintenance work on an oil pipeline in Manitoba last summer. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Sun says an inspection in July revealed numerous problems along a stretch of Line 3 around Cromer, Man. Landowners in the area complained to the NEB about open excavations, improper handling of topsoil and several other concerns. Line 3 carries crude from Alberta to Wisconsin. The penalties deal with maintenance work on the existing line, not the larger replacement project. Work on the pipeline was ordered halted for more than a month last summer before the federal energy watchdog was satisfied it could continue safely. The NEB imposed two fines earlier this month each worth $100,000 connected to Line 3. Separately, the regulator also fined the company $64,000 related to design changes made to a storage tank in Regina. One of the Line 3 penalties was for "failure to ensure that the construction activities do not create a hazard to the public or the environment," which related to how erosion was dealt with during a period of heavy rains.