Exhibit 31.1
 CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY
RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a)
  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)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)), 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)
    
    designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes;c)
    
    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;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 (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to




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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:
 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.
  Date: May 8, 2009
    By:
    /s/ RON E. HOOPERRon E. HooperSenior Vice President and Administrator
Bank of America, N.A.