The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a permit application for the Pine Hill Storage Hub, according to Covington County lawyer and farmer Wesley Laird.

The Hub is a project in Covington County that many residents and lawmakers have been against.

According to Laird, the permit application was denied because it was incomplete. Laird received a copy of a Notice of Deficiency after residents filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents.

In the Notice of Deficiency that WAKA Action 8 has obtained, the denial letter dated August 14, 2025 was sent from the EPA to a redacted company notifying the company that their permit application is incomplete and cannot be processed until it has met ‘all applicable requirements.’

“The EPA is requiring basic public information

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