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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He’s been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper’s 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

Enhanced CSA Website Goes Live

A preview of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s enhancements to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program public website went live Nov. 4.

November 4, 2013
Government, Business

Congressmen Want to Suspend HOS Restart Changes

A bipartisan trio of House members have introduced a bill to delay the latest changes to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers until a study of the changes is completed.

October 31, 2013
Government, Business

Feds Defend ‘Conflict Mineral’ Disclosure Rule in Court

The Securities and Exchange Commission took “numerous steps” to lessen the burdens imposed by a rule requiring that public companies search out and shed their supply chains of “conflict minerals,” according to an appeals court brief filed by SEC attorneys.

October 29, 2013
Government, Business

FMCSA Formally Exempts Shorthaul, Munitions Drivers from Rest-Breaks Requirement

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has formally amended its 2011 hours of service rule to exempt shorthaul and munitions drivers from taking a 30-minute rest break after eight hours of driving.

October 29, 2013
Business

About 150 Pilot Customers Reject Settlement

About 150 of the roughly 5,500 Pilot Flying J customers eligible for a rebate-fraud class-action lawsuit settlement have formally declined to take part, a Pilot spokeswoman said Oct. 24.

October 24, 2013
Government, Business

Daimler, Volvo Argue Against EPA’s Fee Rule for Navistar

WASHINGTON —Attorneys for Daimler Trucks North America and Volvo group today asked a federal appeals court to throw out an Environmental Protection Agency rule that allowed Navistar Inc. to pay “nonconformance penalties” for engines that failed to meet 2010 federal emissions standards for nitrogen oxide compounds.

October 22, 2013
Government, Business

TWIC, Hazmat Background Checks Unaffected by Government Shutdown

The Transportation Worker Identification Credential and the Hazardous Materials Endorsement background-check programs have not been affected by the government shutdown, American Trucking Associations officials confirmed.

October 16, 2013
Business, Equipment

About 50 Carriers Opt Out of Pilot Settlement

Only about 50 of the 6,000 Pilot Flying J customers who were eligible to participate in a rebate-fraud class action lawsuit settlement have formally declined to participate in the settlement, Pilot’s attorney said.

October 16, 2013
Government, Business, Equipment, Autonomous

OOIDA Challenges New York Decal Fee

New York state’s registration and decal fee for out-of-state trucks are “unconstitutional highway taxes,” the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association alleged in a class-action lawsuit filed with the state’s supreme court last week.

October 15, 2013
Government, Business, Safety

Federal Officers May Open In-Transit Packages Under PHMSA Rule

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a rule reaffirming that agency inspectors have the right to open in-transit packages that they suspect do not comply with hazmat regulations or present a potential safety hazard.

October 8, 2013