**EXHIBIT31**

 

I, Mike Ulrich, certifythat:

 

1.Ihave reviewed the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedDecember 31, 2005 of Eastern American Natural Gas Trust, for which,effective as of January 1, 2005, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., acts asTrustee;

 

2.Basedon my knowledge, 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.Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, distributable income and changes in trust corpus of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

 

4.I amresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controlover financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)), or for causing such controls and procedures to be established andmaintained, for the registrant and have:

 

a)designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such controls and proceduresto be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is madeknown to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this annual report is being prepared;

 

b)designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes; and

 

c)evaluatedthe effectiveness 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)disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.Ihave disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors:

 

a)allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

b)anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves any persons who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

6.Ihave indicated in this Annual 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 evaluations,including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses.

 

In giving thecertifications 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            |   |
|--------|--------|----------------------------|--------|
|   |   | Vice  President            |
|   |   | JPMorgan  Chase Bank, N.A. |

 

 

Date:  March 16, 2006

 

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