**Exhibit31.1**

 

**Certification**

 

I, Otley L. Smith III, certifythat:

 

1.               Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of 3CI Complete ComplianceCorporation;

 

2.               Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact oromit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.               Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13(a)-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)   Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)   [Paragraphomitted in accordance with SEC transition instructions contained in SEC Release34-47986];

 

(c)   Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions aboutthe effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the periodcovered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)   Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               Theregistrant’sother certifying officer(s)and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

(a)   Allsignificant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)   Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 
| Date:  May 13, 2004 |   |   | /s/ Otley L.  Smith, III               |   |
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|                     |   |   | Otley L. Smith, III                    |
|                     |   |   | President  and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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