The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the opening of two sites for the temporary collection of hazardous materials left by both the Eaton and Palisades fires however multiple city officials in the San Gabriel Valley are uniting in opposition to one of the sites.

City leaders from Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa and Baldwin Park have joined in opposition of federal plans to use Lario Staging Ground as a place where they will dump and process the hazardous waste left behind by the Eaton Fire.

The plan to open a site to process Eaton fire debris near foothill communities has prompted swift backlash from local residents and leaders.