EX-33 (j) Management's Assertion of Compliance Management of Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., (the "Company") is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Management has determined that the servicing criteria are applicable in regards to the servicing platform for the period as follows: Platform: Publicly-issued (i.e., transaction-level reporting initially required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) residential mortgage-backed securities (the "Platform"). Applicable Servicing Criteria: All servicing criteria set forth in 1122(d), to the extent required by the related transaction agreements, or required by the Item 1122(d) servicing criteria in regards to the activities performed by the Company, except for the following criteria: 1122(d)(l)(iii), 1122(d)(3)(i), 1122(d)(3)(ii), 1122(d)(3)(iii), 1122(d)(3)(iv), 1122(d)(4)(i), 1122(d)(4)(ii), 1122(d)(4)(iii) and 1122(d)(4)(xv), which management has determined are not applicable to the activities the Company performs with respect to the Platform (the "Applicable Servicing Criteria"). Period: Twelve months ended, December 31, 2006 (the "Period"). Third parties classified as vendors: With respect to servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(vii), 1122(d)(4)(ix), 1122 (d)(4)(x), 1122(d) (4)(xi), 1122(d)(4)(xii) and 1122(d)(4)(xiii), management has engaged various vendors to perform the activities required by these servicing criteria. The Company's management has determined that these vendors are not considered a "servicer" as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, and the Company's management has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor as permitted by Interpretation 17.06 of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations ("Interpretation 17.06"). As permitted by Interpretation 17.06, management has asserted that it has policies and procedures in place to provide reasonable assurance that the vendor's activities comply in all material respects with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor. The Company's management is solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC requirements to apply Interpretation 17.06 for the vendors and related criteria. With respect to the Platform, the Company's management provides the following assessment of compliance with respect to the Applicable Servicing Criteria: 1 The Company's management is responsible for assessing the Company's compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the Period. 2 The Company's management has assessed compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria, including servicing criteria for which compliance is determined based on Interpretation 17.06 as described above, as of and for the Period. In performing this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation 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 report with respect to management's assertion of compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the Period. /s/ Matthew L. Hollingsworth Matthew L. Hollingsworth Chief Executive Officer February 27, 2007