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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 16, 2003

                                           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.