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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                            BHA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of BHA Group Holdings, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-K for the year ending September 30, 2002 (the "Report"), I, James E.
Lund, President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the
best of my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
         the Company.


DATED:  November 6, 2002                             /s/ James E. Lund
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                                                     James E. Lund,
                                                     President


