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**Exhibit 31.1**

**Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) /Rule 15d-14(a),promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended**

I, JerryE. Thompson, certify that:

1.                                       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/Aof TEPPCO Partners, L.P.;

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered bythis  report;

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this  report;

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I areresponsible 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) and15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this  report is being prepared;

b)             Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

c)              Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this  report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this  report based onsuch evaluation; and

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses inthe design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably 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 involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.
| June 16, 2006 |   | /s/ JERRY E. THOMPSON                                                                                                       |   |
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|               |   | Jerry E. Thompson  President and Chief Executive Officer  Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC,  as General Partner |

 

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