**Exhibit 33.5**Appendix IMANAGEMENT’S ASSERTION OF COMPLIANCEManagement of the Trust & Securities Services department of Deutsche BankNational Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (collectivelythe “Company”) is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicingcriteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB promulgated by theSecurities and Exchange Commission. Management has determined that the servicingcriteria are applicable in regard to the servicing platform for the period asfollows:Platform: Publicly-issued (i.e., transaction-level reporting required under theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) residential mortgage-backedsecurities and other asset-backed securities issued on or after January 1, 2006for which the Company provides trustee, securities administration or payingagent services, excluding any publicly issued transactions sponsored or issuedby any government sponsored entity (the “Platform”).Applicable Servicing Criteria: All servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d),except for the following 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)and 1122(d)(4)(xiv), which management has determined are not applicable to theactivities 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’smanagement has determined that servicing criteria 1122(d)(1)(iii) is applicableonly with respect to its continuing obligation to act as, or locate a, successorservicer under the circumstances referred to in certain governing documents. Itis management’s interpretation that Deutsche Bank Trust Company America has noother active back-up servicing responsibilities in regards to 1122(d)(1)(iii) asof and for the Period.Third parties classified as vendors: With respect to servicing criteria1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(4)(i), and 1122(d)(4)(ii), management has engaged variousvendors to perform the activities required by these servicing criteria. TheCompany’s management has determined that these vendors are not considered a“servicer” as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, and the Company’smanagement has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with theservicing criteria applicable to each vendor as permitted by Interpretation17.06 of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly AvailableTelephone Interpretations (“Interpretation 17.06”). Aspermitted by Interpretation 17.06, management has asserted that it has policies andprocedures in place to provide reasonable assurance that the vendor’s activitiescomply in all material respects with the servicing criteria applicable to eachvendor. The Company’s management is solely responsible for determining that itmeets the SEC requirements to apply Interpretation 17.06 for the vendors andrelated criteria.With respect to the Platform, the Company’s management provides the followingassertion of compliance with respect to the Applicable Servicing Criteria:1. The Company’s management is responsible for assessing the Company’scompliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the Period.2. The Company’s management has assessed compliance with the ApplicableServicing Criteria, including servicing criteria for which compliance isdetermined based on Interpretation 17.06 as described above, as of and for thePeriod. In performing this assessment, management used the criteria set forth bythe 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 all material respects, with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.KPMG LLP, a registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation reportwith respect to the management’s assertion of compliance with the ApplicableServicing Criteria as of and for the Period.
 

 
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