EXHIBIT 31
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                           CERTIFICATIONS

            I, ANDREW L. SIMON, certify that:

            1.  I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-
QSB of TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. for the
fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2006.

            2.  Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
Quarterly Report;

            3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this Quarterly
Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
Quarterly Report;

            4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I
are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-
15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the registrant and have:

            a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this Quarterly
Report is being prepared;

            b)  Designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;

            c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this Quarterly Report based on such evaluation; and

            d)  Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in
the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and

            5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):

            a)  All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and

            b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.

June 14, 2006                          /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                       CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF
                                       FINANCIAL OFFICER