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Exhibit 31.1
 Certification Required by Rule 13a-14(a)
or Rule 15d-14(a)
  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;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; andd) 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: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.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.
  By:
    /s/ Ron E. HooperRon E. HooperSenior Vice President and
Administrator
Bank of America, N.A.