DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,143

ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ARMSTRONG WOODS PRODUCTS, INC.
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
BEVERLY, WEST VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 8, 2011 by the International Teamsters Union,
Local 175, on behalf of workers of Armstrong Hardwood Flooring
Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Armstrong Wood Products,
Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Beverly, West Virginia
(Armstrong). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of hardwood flooring. This worker group was
previously certified as eligible to apply for trade adjustment
assistance under TA-W-64,395 (expired January 23, 2011).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because Armstrong
sales and/or production of hardwood flooring have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
hardwood flooring produced by Armstrong have increased during
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, Beverly, West Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Armstrong Hardwood
Flooring Company, Beverly, West Virginia, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of hardwood flooring, meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Armstrong Wood Products, Inc.,
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Beverly, West Virginia,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 24, 2011, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of March, 2012


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance