Exhibit        31.2

**SARBANES-OXLEY        ACT SECTION 302(a) CERTIFICATION**

| 1.   | I                  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Argan,                  Inc.; |
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 2.   | Based                  on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                  of a                  material fact or omit to state a materialfact                  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                  report; |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

| 4.   | The                  registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for                  establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures                  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), for                  the                  registrant and have: |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| a)   | Designed                  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                  controls and procedures to be designedunder                  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 report                  is being prepared; |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| b)   | Evaluated                  the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures                  and presented in this report ourconclusions                  about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,                  as of                  the end of the period covered by                  this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                                         |
| c)   | Disclosed                  in this 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 officer and I have disclosed, based on our                  most recent evaluation of internal controlover                  financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee                  of the 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 control over financialreporting                  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 control over financial reporting. |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |
|                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |    |
| Date:                  June 12, 2008 | By:                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | /s/ Arthur                  F.                  Trudel                        |
|                                 | Arthur                  F. Trudel                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                 | Senior                  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary                                                                                                                                                  |