**EXHIBIT 31**

I,Mike Ulrich, certify that:

1.               I have reviewed theAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 of EasternAmerican Natural Gas Trust, for which, effective October 2, 2006, The Bank ofNew York Trust Company, N.A., 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 annual report;

3.               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this annual 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 annual 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 thisannual 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 annual report my conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by thisannual report based on such evaluation; and

d)             disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s fourth quarter that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal 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 internalcontrol 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 have indicated inthis Annual Report whether or not there were significant changes in internalcontrols or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controlssubsequent to the date of our most recent evaluations, including any correctiveactions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Ingiving the certifications in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above, I have relied to theextent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by Eastern AmericanEnergy Corporation 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. |

 

Date:  March 16, 2007

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