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                                                                      Exhibit 31

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, John C. Regan, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of PDG
         Environmental, Inc;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this report, fairly present in all material
         respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
         of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this 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)) for the registrant and
         have:

(i)      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
         report is being prepared;

(ii)     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 in accordance with generally accepted accounting
         principles;

(iii)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
         procedures and presented in this 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; and


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(iv)     Disclosed in this 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; and;

5.       I have disclosed, based upon my most recent evaluation of internal
         control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the
         audit committee of the registrant's Board of Directors (or persons
         performing the equivalent functions):

(i)      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; and

(ii)     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.



                                          By   /s/John C. Regan
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                                                  John C. Regan
                                                  Chief Executive Officer and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer



Date: December 12, 2003




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