### Question
How is the term large-scale defined?


### Answer
The term **large-scale** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 16293* as the following:

> the injection of more than 1,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide from industrial sources annually or a scale that demonstrates the ability to inject and sequester several million metric tons of industrial source carbon dioxide for a large number of years

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 16293*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 149-NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER IX-RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT > Part F-Fossil Energy**

