Exhibit33-B**Appendix I****MANAGEMENT’S ASSERTION OF COMPLIANCE**Managementof the Trust & Securities Services department of Deutsche Bank National Trust Companyand Deutsche BankTrust Company Americas (collectively the “Company”) is responsible for assessingcompliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AD promulgated bythe Securities and Exchange Commission, Management hasdetermined that the servicing criteria are applicable in regard to the servicing platform for theperiod as follows:Platform:Publicly-issued *(i.e.,*transaction-level reporting required under the SecuritiesExchange Act of l934, as amended) residential mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backedsecurities issued on or after January 1, 2006 for which the Company provides trustee, securitiesadministration or paying agent services, excluding any publiclyissued transactions sponsored orissued by any government sponsored entity (the “Platform”).ApplicableServicing Criteria: All servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d), except for thefollowing criteria:1122(d)(2)(iii), 1122(d)(4)(iv), 1122(d)(4)(v), 1122(d)(4)(vi),1122(d)(4)(vii), 1122(d)(4)(viii), 1122(d)(4)(ix), 1122(d)(4)(x),1122(d)(4)(xi), 1122(d)(4)(xii), 1122(d)(4)(xiii) and1122(d)(4)(xiv), which management has determined arenot applicable to the activities the Company performs with respect to the Platform (the “ApplicableServicing Criteria”).Period:Twelve months ended December 31, 2006 (the “Period”).Management’s Interpretation of Applicable Servicing Criteria: The Company’s management hasdetermined that servicing criteria 1122(d)(1)(iii) is applicable only with respect to itscontinuing obligation to act as, or locate a, successor servicerunder the circumstances referredto in certain governing documents. It is management’s interpretation that Deutsche Bank TrustCompany America has no other active back-up servicing responsibilities in regards to 1122(d)(1)(iii)as of and for the Period.Thirdportieo classified as vendors: With respect to servicing criteria1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(4)(i), and 1122(d)(4)(ii), management has engaged various vendor to performthe activities required by these servicing criteria. TheCompany’s management has determined thatthese vendors are not considered a “servicer” as defined inItem 1101 (j) of Regulation AB, and theCompany’s management has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicingcriteria applicable to each vendor as permitted by Interpretation 17,06 of the SEC Division ofCorporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations (“Interpretation17.06”). As permitted by Interpretation 17.06, management has asserted that it has policies andprocedures in place to provide reasonable assurance that the vendor’s activities comply in allmaterial respects with the servicing Criteria applicable to eachvendor. The Company’s managementis solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC requirements to apply Interpretation17.06 for the vendors and related criteria.Withrespect to the Platform, the Company’s management provides the following assertion ofcompliance with respect to the Applicable Servicing Criteria:1. The Company’s management is responsible for assessing the Company’s compliance with theApplicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the Period.2. The Company’s management has assessed compliance with the Applicable ServicingCriteria, including servicing criteria for which compliance is determined based on Interpretation17.06 as described above, as of and for the Period, In performing this assessment, management usedthe criteria set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 ofRegulation AB.3 Based on such assessment, as of and for the Period, the Company has complied, in allmaterial respects, with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.KPMG LLP, a registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report withrespect to the management’sassertion of compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the Period.
 

 
**Appendix I**         **DEUTCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY**    By: /s/ Gary R. Vanghan                  Name:Gray R. Vanghan           Its: Managing Director           By: /s/ David Co                  Name: David Co           Its: Director           By: /s/ Jose Sicilia                  Name: Jose Sicilia           Its: Managing Director           By: /s/ Kevin Fischer                  Name: Kevin Fischer           Its:Vice President           By: /s/ Robert Frier                  Name: Robert Frier           Its: Director           **DEUTCHE BANK TRUSTCOMPANY AMERICAS**           By: /s/ Kevin C. Weeks                  Name: Kevin C. Weeks            Its: Director           By: /s/ James Kaufonan                  Name: James Kaufonan           Its: Director