DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,472

ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS INC
HARTCO FLOORING COMPANY
PARQUET DEPARTMENT
ONEIDA, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 2, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by the United Steel Workers of
America; Local 14597 on behalf of workers of Armstrong Wood
Products Inc., Hartco Flooring Company, Parquet Department,
Oneida, Tennessee. The workers at the subject facility produce
parquet wood flooring.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined absolutely from 2003 to 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major declining customers regarding their purchases of parquet
wood flooring. The survey revealed increased import reliance on
parquet wood flooring during the period under investigation.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the facility are age 50
or over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with parquet wood flooring produced
at Armstrong Wood Products Inc., Hartco Flooring Company,
Parquet Department, Oneida, Tennessee, contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline
in sales or production at that facility or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Armstrong Wood Products Inc., Hartco
Flooring Company, Parquet Department, Oneida, Tennessee,
engaged in employment related to the production of parquet
wood flooring who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 1, 2004 through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade
act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of March, 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance