**EXHIBIT 31**

 

I, Mike Ulrich, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 ofEastern American Natural Gas Trust, for which, effective as of January 1,2005, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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)), 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 annual report isbeing prepared;

 

b)             evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this 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

 

c)              [Reserved]

 

d)             disclosed in thisreport any changes 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.               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)             anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves any persons who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financialreporting.

 

In giving the foregoing certifications in paragraphs 4and 5 above, I have relied to the extent I consider reasonable on informationprovided to me by Eastern American Energy Corporation and Ryder Scott Company,Independent Petroleum Engineers, and on information and a certificate from TheBank of New York, which served as Trustee through December 31, 2004.

 
|                             | By:    | /s/ Mike Ulrich |                       |
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|                             |   |            | Senior Vice President      |
|                             |   |            | JPMorgan Chase Bank,  N.A. |
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| Date:  March 28,  2005 |   |            |
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