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Exhibit 31.1



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|Certification Required by Rule 13a-14(a)

or Rule 15d-14(a)

I, Ron Hooper, certify
that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Dominion
Resources Black Warrior Trust, for which Bank of America, N.A., acts
as Trustee;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|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;                                                                     
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|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;                                                                            
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|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:                                                                                                                                
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|   |  | 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;      
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|   |  | b) 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                                                                                                 
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|   |  | c) 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;
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|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                                                                                                                 
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|   |  | 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|   |  | 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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|Date: March 11, 2004 |  | By: |  | /s/ Ron E. Hooper                      
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|                     |  |     |  | Ron E. Hooper                          
|                     |  |     |  | Senior Vice President and Administrator
|                     |  |     |  | Bank of America, N.A.