“The Georgia Department of Agriculture is working with our federal, state and industry partners to monitor the situation and have taken action along with the Governor’s Office to relax certain regulations in an attempt to open several alternate avenues to help resupply the Atlanta area”, Black said in a statement.
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Workers discovered the leak in a Colonial Pipeline Co. line September 9, according to AL.com.
“Two dollars is starting to creep up and after its been so low for so long that you notice it. People start budgeting their weekly money people start budgeting their weekly money on the price of gas and price of groceries”.
An employee at a QuickTrip in Alpharetta, gasless since Saturday, said Sunday they don’t expect to refill until Wednesday or Thursday.
Trucker Jeremy Clarke stated he has never seen anything like this before, “we have lines to get fuel before, that’s only when we are really busy but nothing like this, not even a tenth of this bad”.
Colonial Pipeline says it is beginning construction of a temporary pipeline that will bypass a leaking section of its main gasoline pipeline in Shelby County, Alabama.
An increased demand for gasoline-as is the status quo in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas after a 252,000-barrel leak in Colonial Pipeline Company’s line last week-is not considered a valid reason to raise prices under the law. It’s unclear when the spill actually started.
Monday morning Gov. Deal issued an executive order prohibiting price gouging. The order said, however, that no motor carrier “shall require or allow an ill or tired driver to operate a motor vehicle”.
Earlier, the Governor issued a state of emergency for the state of Georgia, due to the pipeline leak.
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Governor Deal said he recommends everyone to maintain regular consumption of fuel and travel.
