DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,543

ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM 1ST CHOICE PERSONNEL
CENTER, TEXAS


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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury
or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market
disruption or threat thereof under section
421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register
under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination
described in subparagraph (1) is published in
the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2);
or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 26, 2012 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, a
subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Center, Texas
(Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company). The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from 1st Choice
Personnel. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of engineered and multi-layered hardwood
flooring.
The investigation revealed that, on December 7, 2011, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reasons of imports
from China of multi-layered wood flooring.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of
Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company.
The subject firm was publicly identified by name by the
ITC as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in a category of determination that is listed in
Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). The ITC's
determination was published in the Federal Register on
December 7, 2011, which is within one year of the date of the
petition filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Armstrong Hardwood
Flooring Company, a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries,
Inc., Center, Texas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of engineered and multi-layered hardwood
flooring, meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act.
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the
following certification:









"All workers of Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, a
subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from 1st Choice Personnel, Center,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after December 7, 2010, through the
date of the certification and who become totally or
partially separated from that employment from the date of
the certification through December 7, 2012, 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 8th day of June, 2012.


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