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EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY
RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a) I, Ron E. Hooper, certify that:  1.
    
    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust, for which Bank of America,
N.A., acts as Trustee;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,
distributable income and changes in trust corpus of the registrant
as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;4.
    
    I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)), or for causing such controls and procedures to be
established and maintained, for the registrant and I have:  a)
    
    designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under my supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this quarterly report is being prepared;b)
    
    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
quarterly report my 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;c)
    
    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 (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of
an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial reporting; and  5.
    
    I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors:




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a)
    
    all significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; andb)
    
    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;
and In giving the certifications in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, I have relied
to the extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by
Williams Production Company. Date: May 10, 2004
    
    By:
    
    /s/ RON E. HOOPERRon E. HooperSenior Vice President and AdministratorBank of America, N.A.