Tanker trucks line up at a Colonial Pipeline Co. facility in Pelham, Ala., near the scene of a 250,000-gallon gasoline spill on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Spills and gasoline leaks can contaminate soil, groundwater, surface water, and air.

The 5,500-mile long pipeline runs from Houston, Texas to New York City and normally carries 1.3 million barrels of refined gasoline and other petroleum products a day.

According to PHMSA, the company is monitoring air quality in the area and has said that Alabaster, a town about 3 miles from the leak site, isn't now at risk from the vapors.

"We are working with state and national officials to make sure North Carolina is not impacted by this leak", said McCrory.

It's now been one week since Colonial Pipeline discovered the break in that gasoline pipeline in Alabama.

Prices have yet to move much.

But pump prices could spike by as much as 15 cents per gallon or more in those three states, as well as North Carolina and Virginia, in the next week, and up to 20 cents per gallon in SC, according to GasBuddy.com analyst Patrick DeHaan. From Thursday night to Friday morning, gas rose by an average of 3.1 cents a gallon.

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Ships have been sent from NY to Texas to help deliver fuel to the Northeast, CNN Money reported.

Motorists should not expect gas outages in any areas, according to Tom Kloza, Global Head of Energy Analysis for Oil Price Information Service. "It's like a mini-hurricane".

"Based on current projections and consultations with industry partners, parts of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and SC will be the first markets to be impacted by any potential disruption in supply".

Gov. Deal as well as the Governors of Alabama and North Carolina have declared states of emergency due to dwindling fuel supplies.

Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey could also see a slight increase.

By the end of September, the bulk of the price spike should be erased as higher prices attract more supply to fill the void, he wrote in a note to clients. Prices ranged from $2.09 to $2.15 a gallon as of Friday afternoon at stations listed.

Fuel distributor Mansfield Oil has asked customers to save fuel where possible and place orders early.