TenneT TSO GmbH, Bernecker Straße 70, 95448 Bayreuth (project sponsor) has applied for a planning approval procedure for the above-mentioned project in accordance with Sections 43 et seq. of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) in conjunction with Sections 15 to 27 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (UVPG) and Sections 72 to 78 of the Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG) with the Lower Saxony State Authority for Road Construction and Transport, Planning Approval Authority, Göttinger Chaussee 76 A, 30453 Hanover.

Land in the following municipalities and districts will be claimed for the project and the measures associated with the project, including the landscape compensation and replacement measures:

Municipality of Vechelde, district of Köchingen,

City of Salzgitter, districts of Sauingen, Bleckenstedt, Hallendorf,

The subject of this planning approval procedure is the installation of the temporary 220 kV line UW Hallendorf - UW Bleckenstedt/Süd, temporary transformer with a length of approx. 2000 m between the A39 highway and the Salzgitter branch canal southwest of Bleckenstedt.

Starting from the site of the Hallendorf substation, the temporary line runs eastwards, crosses the 110 kV line Gleidingen - Haverlahwiese of Avacon Netz GmbH and then crosses the Hallendorfer Holz over a length of approx. 315 m. After approx. 1,200 m, the temporary 220 kV line crosses the single-track route of the connecting line of the

Together with the application for planning approval, the project developer has applied for a permit under water law for the construction of temporary facilities in and on surface waters in accordance with Section 36 WHG in conjunction with Section 57 NWG. § 57 NWG. The planning approval authority decides on the granting of the use of water bodies in connection with the decision on the approval of the project in the planning approval decision or by separate notice. The decision is made in agreement with the lower water authority.

II.

(1) The planning approval documents shall be published in the period from

19.06.2023 up to and including 18.07.2023

under the title "Temporary 220 kV line UW Hallendorf - UW Bleckenstedt/Süd, Provisorium Trafo" on the website of the Lower Saxony State Authority for Road Construction and Transport:

https://planfeststellung.strassenbau.niedersachsen.de/overview for general inspection. In accordance with Section 3 (1) of the Planning Security Act (Planungssicherstellungsgesetz - PlanSiG), the publication of the documents is replaced by publication on the Internet. The content of the documents published there is authoritative.

In addition, the documents pursuant to Section 3 (2) sentence 1 PlanSiG are available as an additional source of information at the

City of Salzgitter,

Joachim-Campe-Straße 6-8,

38226 Salzgitter,