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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

@ericdmiller46

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, Business, Safety

FMCSA Says Final Rule Protects Privacy of Fleets’ Confidential Business Records

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule designed to reassure motor carriers that their confidential business information voluntarily given to the government for use in the federal rulemaking process will be protected from public disclosure.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 20, 2015
Government, Business

NHTSA Requests Comment on Underride Guards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on July 17 announced an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the cost benefits of underride guards on single-unit trucks.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 17, 2015
Government

FMCSA Rule Seeks to Assure Carriers That Proprietary Records Stay Private

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule designed to reassure motor carriers that their confidential business information voluntarily given to the government for use in the federal rulemaking process will be protected from public disclosure.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 16, 2015
Business, Fuel

EPA Suing Navistar Over 2010 Engines

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 14 filed a lawsuit against truck maker Navistar International Corp. alleging that the company in 2009 began the manufacture of 7,750 heavy-duty diesel engines it offered for sale in calendar year 2010 that did not meet emissions standards applicable to 2010 engines.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 16, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

OOIDA, CVTA Among Groups Voicing Opposition to Hair Testing for Drug Use

Trade organizations representing truck drivers and commercial vehicle driver training schools were among those who said they have concerns about using hair specimens to drug test drivers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 15, 2015
Government

Investigators Unable to Determine Why Trucker Crossed Median in 2014 Crash That Killed 10

Federal investigators said they could not determine what caused a truck driver to cross the median in a fiery truck-motorcoach crash last year in Orland, California, that killed 10 people.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 14, 2015
Business

Federal Court Seals Tracy Morgan Settlement With Wal-Mart

A federal judge in New Jersey has approved a motion to seal the terms of a court settlement in comedian Tracy Morgan’s lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in connection with a crash that left Morgan in a coma for days and that killed another comedian.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 14, 2015
Government

Delaware Budget Boosts Transportation Trust Fund but Hikes Truck Fees

A new state budget approved by Democratic Delaware Gov. Jack Markell earlier this month will sweeten the state’s transportation trust fund beginning in fiscal year 2016 but also will increase several fees for trucks.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 14, 2015
Government, Fuel

Federal Regulators Formally Publish Phase 2 GHG Emissions-Reduction Proposal

Federal regulators on July 13 formally published their proposal in the Federal Register that would tighten greenhouse-gas emissions for trucks, improve their fuel economy and regulate trailer efficiency for the first time.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 13, 2015
Business, Fuel

Texas Man Bilks Oil Refiners in $78 Million Biodiesel Fraud

A Houston man who amassed a fortune selling renewable fuel credits given for producing biodiesel, although he never actually made any of the alternative fuel, has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 13, 2015