**EXHIBIT 31**

 

### **CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Mike Ulrich, certifythat:

 

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-Q of Eastern American Natural Gas Trust, for which JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.acts as Trustee;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition,distributable income and changes in trust corpus of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.               I am responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 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)), or for causing suchcontrols and procedures to be established and maintained, for the registrantand 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 this quarterly report is beingprepared;

 

b)             designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

 

c)              evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation;and

 

d)             disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s quarter ended September 30, 2005 that has materially affected, oris reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

 

5.               I have disclosed, based on my most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors:

 

a)              all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)             any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves any persons who have a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrols over financial reporting.

 

Ingiving the foregoing certifications in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, I have reliedto the extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by EasternAmerican Energy Corporation and Ryder Scott Company, Independent PetroleumEngineers.

 
|   | By:    | /s/ Mike Ulrich                     |   |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------|--------|
|   |   | Vice President                      |
|   |   | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,  Trustee |

 

Date:  November 8, 2005

 

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