Sec. 5. Notwithstanding federal regulations, the board and the department shall adopt rules under section 1 of this chapter that require an applicant for a vertical expansion of an existing permitted landfill to submit environmental assessments as part of the application, including the following:
(1) Hydrogeology of the existing landfill site and adjacent areas.
(2) Evaluation of groundwater.
(3) Operational history of the landfill.
(4) Identification of adjacent land uses.