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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.


Business

Western Express Says Pilot Flying J Fraud Cost it More Than $73 Mln.

A Nashville, Tenn.-based trucking company, the largest carrier yet to file a fraud lawsuit against Pilot Flying J, is seeking more than $73 million in punitive damages for being shortchanged $2.5 million in fuel rebates since 2005.

September 4, 2013
Government, Business

Smugglers Using Truck Axles to Hide Drugs Rounded Up by Federal Task Force

A Southern California-based federal drug task force rounded up more than 57 members of three alleged Mexican drug organizations accused of smuggling cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the U.S. by hiding the drugs in PVC pipes concealed in tractor-trailer axles, according to federal prosecutors.

August 22, 2013
Business

Ga. Trucking Company Wants to Depose Haslam, Other Pilot Flying J Executives

A Georgia motor carrier, the latest of more than 20 trucking companies to file fuel-rebate fraud lawsuits against Pilot Flying J, is seeking to depose Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam in October.

August 13, 2013
Business

Court Rejects Bid to Merge Pilot Flying J Suits

A panel of federal judges has denied a motion to consolidate a dozen federal fuel-price fraud lawsuits against Pilot Flying J truck stops.

August 9, 2013
Government, Business, Fuel

EPA Sets Final 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the Renewable Fuel Standard program established by Congress to reduce carbon climate change.

August 8, 2013
Government, Business, Logistics

Bill Would Allow Rail-Safety Technology Deadline Extension

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced legislation that would extend until 2020 a federal statutory deadline that freight railroads install collision-avoidance technology.

August 6, 2013
Government

CARB Steps Up Trucking Diesel Regulations Enforcement

The California Air Resources Board has stepped up enforcement of its stringent diesel truck regulations to ensure that trucks traveling from Mexico to the state’s ports and rail yards are compliant.

June 24, 2013
Government

FMCSA Shuts Down Colorado Scrap Hauler

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has shut down E&K Trucking of Commerce City, Colo., declaring the company a hazard to public safety because it does not maintain its vehicles in good working order.

June 19, 2013
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

FMCSA Taking Comments in EOBR Survey Regarding Driver Harassment

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has opened a 30-day public comment period on its plans to survey more than 1,000 drivers and motor carriers for input on ways that drivers can potentially be harassed by the use of electronic logging devices.

May 29, 2013
Government, Business

Carriers Facing Increased Regulatory Scrutiny, Executives Say

INDIANAPOLIS — Motor carriers are not only facing an increasing number of new regulatory initiatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation, but they also have become the target of stepped up enforcement from several other federal agencies, trucking executives and transportation attorneys said.

May 21, 2013