**EXHIBIT 31**

 

### **CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Patrick Tadie, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Eastern American Natural Gas Trust, forwhich The Bank of New York acts as Trustee;

 

2.               Based on myknowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, distributable income and changes in trust corpus of the registrantas of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.               I am responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), or for causing such controlsand procedures to be established and maintained, for the registrant and have:

 

a)              designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such controls and procedures tobe designed, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by other withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly reportis being prepared;

 

b)             evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterlyreport based on such evaluation; and

 

c)              disclosed in thisreport any changes in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s first quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               I have disclosed,based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors:

 

a)              all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrols over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)             any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves any persons who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

In giving the foregoing certifications inparagraphs 4 and 5 above, I have relied to the extent I consider reasonable oninformation provided to me by Eastern American Energy Corporation and RyderScott Company, Independent Petroleum Engineers.

 
|                       |   | By:    | /s/ Patrick Tadie    |   |
|----------------------------|--------|--------|----------------------|--------|
|                       |   |   | Vice President       |
|                       |   |   | The Bank of New York |
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| Date:  August 6, 2004 |   |   |

 

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