North Carolina Declares State of Emergency Over Fuel Supplies After Colonial Pipeline Attack

Traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, N.J., on Sept. 8, 2008. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Monday to help ensure adequate fuel supplies following the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and subsequent shutdown.

Cooper issued an executive order (pdf) which temporarily suspends some motor vehicle regulations for truck drivers hauling in support of emergency relief efforts related to the shortages of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products.