Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 12, 2022 / Notices 1839 

Application No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of the special permits thereof 

Special Permits Data—Denied 

21254–N ............ Praxair Distribution, Inc .......... 173.301(f)(1) .......................... To authorize the transportation in commerce Chlorine 

(UN1017) in DOT specification cylinders, UN standard 

cylinders prescribed in part 178 of 49 CFR, DOT special 

permit cylinders, or TC cylinders which are not equipped 

with pressure relief devices. 

21290–N ............ Orion Engineered Carbons 

LLC.

171.23(b)(10)(iv)(A) ............... To authorize the transportation in commerce of Dinitrogen 

Tetroxide in non-DOT specification cylinders. 

Special Permits Data—Withdrawn 

21251–N ............ Luxfer Inc ............................... 173.302a(a), 180.205 ............ To authorize the manufacture, marking, sale and use of 

non-DOT specification fully wrapped composite cylinders 

with load sharing aluminum liner with either aramid fiber 

or carbon fiber reinforcement, for use in aircraft with a 

limited number of filling cycles. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00452 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

Prompt Payment Interest Rate; 

Contract Disputes Act 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of prompt payment 

interest rate; Contract Disputes Act. 

SUMMARY: For the period beginning 

January 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 

2022, the prompt payment interest rate 

is 15⁄8 per centum per annum. 

DATES: Applicable January 1, 2022, to 

June 30, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may 

be mailed to: E-Commerce Division, 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 401 14th 

Street SW, Room 306F, Washington, DC 

20227. Comments or inquiries may also 

be emailed to PromptPayment@

fiscal.treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas M. Burnum, E-Commerce 

Division, (202) 874–6430; or Thomas 

Kearns, Senior Counsel, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (202) 874–7036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency 

that has acquired property or service 

from a business concern and has failed 

to pay for the complete delivery of 

property or service by the required 

payment date shall pay the business 

concern an interest penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(a). The Contract Disputes Act of 

1978, Sec. 12, Public Law 95–563, 92 

Stat. 2389, and the Prompt Payment Act, 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the 

calculation of interest due on claims at 

the rate established by the Secretary of 

the Treasury. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has the 

authority to specify the rate by which 

the interest shall be computed for 

interest payments under section 12 of 

the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 and 

under the Prompt Payment Act. Under 

the Prompt Payment Act, if an interest 

penalty is owed to a business concern, 

the penalty shall be paid regardless of 

whether the business concern requested 

payment of such penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(c)(1). Agencies must pay the 

interest penalty calculated with the 

interest rate, which is in effect at the 

time the agency accrues the obligation 

to pay a late payment interest penalty. 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a). ‘‘The interest penalty 

shall be paid for the period beginning 

on the day after the required payment 

date and ending on the date on which 

payment is made.’’ 31 U.S.C. 3902(b). 

Therefore, notice is given that the 

Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the rate of interest 

applicable for the period beginning 

January 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 

2022, is 15⁄8 per centum per annum. 

Timothy E. Gribben, 

Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00391 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Loan Guaranty: Assistance to Eligible 

Individuals in Acquiring Specially 

Adapted Housing; Cost-ofConstruction Index 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) announces that the 

aggregate amounts of assistance 

available under the Specially Adapted 

Housing (SAH) grant program will 

increase by .85 percent for fiscal year 

(FY) 2022. 

DATES: The increases in the aggregate 

amounts outlined in this notice are 

effective as of October 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Rouch, Assistant Director for Loan 

Policy and Valuation, Loan Guaranty 

Service, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, 202–632–8862. 

(This is not a toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2102(e), 38 

U.S.C. 2102A(b)(2), 38 U.S.C. 

2102B(b)(2) and 38 CFR 36.4411, the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs announces 

for FY 2022 the aggregate amounts of 

assistance available to veterans and 

Service members eligible for SAH 

program grants. 

Section 2102(e)(2) authorizes the 

Secretary to increase the aggregate 

amounts of SAH assistance annually 

based on a residential home cost-of 

construction index. Per 38 CFR 

36.4411(a), the Secretary uses the 

Turner Building Cost Index for this 

purpose. Such increase will be equal to 

the percentage by which the Turner 

Building Cost Index for the most recent 

calendar year exceeds that of the next 

preceding calendar year. If, however, 

the Turner Building Cost Index for the 

most recent full calendar year is equal 

to or less than the next preceding 

calendar year, the percentage increase 

will be zero. See 38 CFR 36.4411(b). 

In the most recent quarter for which 

the Turner Building Cost Index is 

available, second quarter of 2021, the 

index showed an increase of .85 percent 

over the index value listed for second 

quarter of 2020. http://www.turner

construction.com/cost-index (last 

visited August 2, 2021). Pursuant to 38 

CFR 36.4411(a), therefore, the aggregate 


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