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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Eugene V. N. Bissell, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of AmeriGas Partners,
      L.P., AmeriGas Finance Corp., AmeriGas Eagle Finance Corp. and AP Eagle
      Finance Corp.;

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, results of operations and cash flows of
      the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
      report;

4.    The registrants' other certifying officer and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(d)) for the registrants
      and we have:

      (a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
            disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
            supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
            registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made
            known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
            period in which this annual report is being prepared;

      (b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants' disclosure controls
            and procedures and presented in this report our 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

      (c)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrants' internal
            control over financial reporting that occurred during the
            registrants' most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
            affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the
            registrants' internal control over financial reporting.

5.    The registrants' other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
      to the registrants' auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's
      board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

      (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 registrants' 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 registrants'
            internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: December 14, 2004                    Eugene V. N. Bissell
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                                           Eugene V. N. Bissell
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                           AmeriGas Propane, Inc.
                                           AmeriGas Finance Corp.
                                           AmeriGas Eagle Finance Corp.
                                           AP Eagle Finance Corp.