DeSantis assures Manatee County that help is on the way, says HRK Holdings will be held responsible DeSantis says he is sending in additional resources to handle Piney Point (Source: WWSB) By ABC7 Staff | April 4, 2021 at 11:32 AM EDT - Updated April 5 at 7:14 AM MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - During a press conference Sunday morning, Gov. Ron DeSantis assured the public that additional resources were coming to Manatee County to help control the breach at the former phosphate plant at Piney Point. The governor took an aerial tour over the site and said he had been filled in on the pumping process.