LeRoy (WBEN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced it would remove barrels from a contaminated site in LeRoy that's received national attention in recent days.

But the EPA also must decide where it will take the barrels after their removal later in February.  One location has already decided against accepting the waste after intially agreeing to be the drop-off point.

The barrels are located on the LeHigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund Site in LeRoy.  The derailment occurred Dec. 26, 1970. In a recent appearance with Dr. Drew Pinsky on cable's HLN, environmental activist Erin Brockovich suggested the contamination from the derailment may be playing role in causing the conversion disorder -- the tics and twitches -- affecting several students at LeRoy High School.

U.S. Representative Kathy Hochul, and Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday announced the EPA would remove the barrels from that site by the end of February.

Later in day, Chris Roser, superintedent of the Lewiston-Porter School District in Niagara County got word that the EPA would take those barrels to Waste Management facility not far from the school. 

He then contact Sen. George Maziarz, who along with Roser and Assemblyman John Ceretto, began discussions to prevent the relocation of the "sensitive" materials from the Superfund site, according to a statement from Maziarz's office.

"Niagara County will not serve as a dumping ground for other communities dangerous materials," said Maziarz in that statement. "If these materials are harmful in LeRoy four miles from a school district, why should we accept them just a mile away here in Lew-Port?"

The decision to reject the materials came after discussions with Waste Management, which decided against handling the materials. The transfer of the materials had previously been announced through an agreement between the EPA and Congresswoman Kathy Hochul.