Multifamily housing needs assessment. (1) The Department of Environmental Quality, in consultation with the Oregon Recycling System Advisory Council, shall conduct a statewide needs assessment to determine the challenges facing residents of multifamily housing and make recommendations for improvements to allow for effective and equitable recycling opportunities for residents of multifamily housing. The needs assessment conducted under this section must include an evaluation of the placement of and quality of spaces provided for recycling containers and recommendations for improving spaces that are determined to be inadequate. The needs assessment may include recommendations for new responsibilities of producer responsibility organizations and recommendations for funding such responsibilities. If the needs assessment does not include recommendations for adding new responsibilities for producer responsibility organizations, the report required under subsection (2) of this section must include an explanation of why such responsibilities are not needed to address the challenges facing residents of multifamily housing

(2) The department shall complete the needs assessment required under this section at least once every four years. The department shall report the results of the needs assessment and recommendations required under this section in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment. [2021 c.681 §30]