2024-27811. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request

Regulation citations	Number of respondents	Frequency of response	Average burden per response (minutes)	Estimated annual burden (hours)	Average theoretical hourly cost amount (dollars) *	Total annual opportunity cost (dollars) **
404.1740(b)(5)&(6)/416.1540(b)(5)&(6)	43,600	1	5	3,633	$58.40	$212,149
* We based this figure on average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants and lawyers https://www.bls.gov/​oes/​current/​oes231011.htm as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ( https://www.bls.gov/​oes/​current/​oes_​nat.htm).
** These figures do not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on representatives to complete the required disclosures; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time representatives or their employees and associates will spend to complete the required disclosures. There is no actual charge to representatives to complete the required disclosures.