EXHIBIT 31
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                           CERTIFICATIONS

        I, ANDREW L. SIMON, certify that:

        1.  I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-QSB/A of TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES,
INC. for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2003.

        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 financial 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.


August 8, 2005

                                /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                Andrew L. Simon
                                President, Chief Executive
                                Officer and Chief Financial
                                Officer