**EXHIBIT 31**

### **CERTIFICATION**

I, Mike Ulrich, certifythat:

1.               I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 ofEastern American Natural Gas Trust, for which, effective as of October 2, 2006,The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. acts as Trustee;

2.               Based on myknowledge, this quarterly 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)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)),or for causing such controls and 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 under my supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to meby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

b)             designed suchinternal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes; and

c)              evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this quarterly report my conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered bythis quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

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d)             disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s quarter end September  30, 2006 that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial 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 control over financial reporting.

6.     I haveindicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significantchanges in internal controls or in other factors that could significantlyaffect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses.

In giving the foregoingcertifications in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above, I have relied to the extent Iconsider reasonable on information provided to me by Eastern American EnergyCorporation and Ryder Scott Company, Independent Petroleum Engineers.
|        | By:    | /s/ Mike Ulrich                                    |   |
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|   |   | Vice President                                     |
|   |   | The Bank of New  York Trust Company, N.A., Trustee |

 

Date:  November8, 2006

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