**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO**

**RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a) OF**

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 

 

I,Dale B. Smith, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mueller Holdings (N.A.),Inc.;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations, and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officersand I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and theregistrant and we have;

 

a.               designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed underour supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrantis made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

b.              evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

c.               disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting;

 

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officersand I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committeeof the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

a.               all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.              any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date:    September10, 2004

 
|   | /s/Dale  B. Smith                      |   |
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|   | Dale  B. Smith                         |
|   | President  and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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