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Exhibit 31.1 Certification Required by Rule 13a-14(a)
or Rule 15d-14(a) I, Ron Hooper, certify that:  1.
    I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to annual report on Form 10-K/A of Dominion Resources Black
Warrior Trust, for which Bank of America, N.A., acts as Trustee;2.
    Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report;3.
    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
annual 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
annual 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 annual 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 annual report my conclusions 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 d)     disclosed in this annual 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;  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; 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.

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 Dominion Black Warrior Basin, Inc.

Date: April 5, 2005 By:
    /s/ Ron E. HooperRon E. HooperSenior Vice President and Administrator
Bank of America, N.A.