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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He鈥檚 been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper鈥檚 government team; worked as a reporter at the Dallas Morning News; reporter, editor and member of the investigative team at The Arizona Republic; reporter at the Tampa Tribune; city editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican; and senior writer for D Magazine in Dallas.


Government, Business

FMCSA Streamlines Registration Process

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a revised proposal to streamline the agency鈥檚 registration process for motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders 鈥 and eventually help the agency identify so-called 鈥渃hameleon鈥 operators.

November 1, 2011
Business

FMCSA Postpones Issuing Final HOS Rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not meet Friday鈥檚 court settlement deadline to issue its final hours-of-service rule.

October 31, 2011
Government, Business

CARB Declines to Extend Reefer Rule Deadline

California environmental regulators have approved a slate of amendments to fine-tune the state鈥檚 transport refrigerated unit rule, but denied a request by industry stakeholders to push back compliance deadlines by extending the useful life of the units from seven to nine years.

October 25, 2011
Business

Port of L.A. Won鈥檛 Appeal Decision Rejecting Owner-Operator Ban

The Port of Los Angeles said it will not appeal a decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that rejected the port鈥檚 plan to ban independent truckers from drayage operations there.

October 12, 2011
Business

Appeals Court Rejects L.A. Port鈥檚 Ban on Independent Truckers

A federal appeals court rejected a plan by the Port of Los Angeles to ban independent operators from drayage operations, giving American Trucking Associations a victory in a major point of its lawsuit challenging several points in the port鈥檚 clean trucks program.

September 27, 2011
Government, Business, Fuel

EPA Asks Court to Dismiss Navistar鈥檚 SCR Lawsuit

The Environmental Protection Agency has filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by Navistar Inc., rejecting the engine maker鈥檚 claims that the agency must test selective catalytic reduction聽technology engines with the SCR system turned off, running without diesel exhaust fluid, and running with water instead of diesel exhaust fluid.

September 13, 2011
Government

Truck Leasing Group Asks DOT to Postpone Elimination of Registrant Rule

The Truck Renting and Leasing Association has asked federal regulators to postpone the elimination of 鈥渞egistrant-only鈥 Department of Transportation numbers that are given to the owners of commercial vehicles who are not motor carriers.

August 2, 2011
Government, Business

NTSB Issues Cargo Tank Rollover Recommendations

The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday issued a slate of regulatory recommendations aimed at reducing the number of cargo tank truck rollovers.

July 26, 2011
Government, Safety

FMCSA Panel to Look at CSA Issues

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has asked its advisory committee to examine concerns about the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program鈥檚 roadside violation severity weightings.

June 28, 2011
Government, Business

Transportation Fraud Bill Introduced in House

An anti-fraud bill introduced in the House would raise the freight broker surety requirement to $100,000 and require separate broker and carrier licenses.

June 28, 2011