The Carbon Management Projects (CONNECT) Toolkit is an\nonline exploratory visualization tool developed by the U.S. Department of\nEnergy\u2019s (DOE) Office\nof Fossil Energy and Carbon Management<\/a> (FECM) with support from other federal\nagencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.\nDepartment of Transportation (DOT). It provides a single point of access\nto <\/span>authoritative information on federal agency investment in a\n<\/span>portfolio of research, development, and demonstration (RD&D)\nprojects that have been publicly announced to advance technologies for point\nsource carbon capture, carbon dioxide removal, transport, storage, and\nconversion, collectively referred to as <\/span>carbon management. The RD&D\nprograms covered in this tool are authorized by annual congressional\nappropriations (\u201cBase Program\u201d) and the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs\nAct (IIJA). The tool also incorporates public information on other federal\ninitiatives, such as the Regional\nClean Hydrogen Hubs<\/a>, and public information released by other government\nagencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) and Primacy\nStates\u2019 Underground Injection Control Class VI permits and EPA\u2019s facility level\ngreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.<o:p></o:p><\/p>\n\n Developed in a geographic information system, the tool\norganizes carbon management projects into five groups based on the primary\ntechnology that a project aims to advance, each visually represented as a digital\nlayer (\u201ccarbon management project layer\u201d). Only federally funded projects are\nincluded, which can be awarded projects that are completed or ongoing, or\nprojects that have been selected but are currently under negotiation. Project\ninformation can be viewed in the map or in the attribute table below it when\nturned on. In the map view, each project is displayed at either its host site (for\nfield work), where available, or its performer site (project lead\u2019s location,\nfurther explained in the table below). Host sites and performer sites are represented\nin distinct icons. <o:p></o:p><\/p>\n\n Several reference layers offer additional public information\non infrastructural and natural resource environment for carbon management.\nThese reference layers, combined with multiple geographical basemaps, enable users\nto visualize the carbon management project layers in context. <o:p></o:p><\/p>\n\n