The Minister for the Environment, Max Puig told reporters that the government is absolutely firm on the question of the disposal of the rockash dumped in Samana and Manzanillo during the last administration. He said that the material must be taken out of the country by the company called Trans Dominicana de Desarrollo”. This company has filed a counter-claim in the courts and the minister said he was waiting for the court decision before acting in the case. Speaking to reporters from the Listin Diario, Puig said that he had not sent the rockash back where it came from because the law does not provide for that.