Assesment of Environmental Impact of the Project of Suggested Area for Burying Garbage on the Biological Environment of the City of Tehran

Expansion of pollution and increasing of different needs of human societies have raised solid waste productions. Daily average of 7,450 tons of solid waste production and a day-by-day decrease in the capacity of Kahrizak landfill bear, urge the need of a new site for this purpose in the city of TehranThis problem, however, requires an Environmental Impact Assessment report at the feasibility and site selection study according to the approved decisions of the High Council of Environment. The proposed site with an area of 1000 hectares is situated at Hassan Abad Road, off Houshang Abad. This area is situated in the hydrological zone of Saveh – Zavieh. Shour River which is located 10 kilometers off the center of the proposed landfill. The soil in this area is Bazark type. The area's vegetation includes native species, which have been sampled during field work. There are rare and endangered species which have been determined. Inhabited Wildlife of the area and the endangered species have been determined.Application of the assessment was carried out by means of Monavari 2001 Method. By this method, the assessment has been considered for each of the construction and operation phases of a matrix. The results show the earthworks have most negative, significant and important impacts on plants and wildlife. There are most long term negative impacts on vegetations. There are no mitigation measures for reduction of vegetation destruction on the study area