"Charging" means the process by which coal is introduced into a coke oven beginning when coal enters the oven and ending when the door is closed.
"Coking" means the process by which coal is converted to coke by means of destructive distillation using heat.
"Pushing" means the process by which coke is removed from a coke oven, including the period marked by the time when the doors are first removed from a coke oven until quench water is applied to the hot coke.
"Quenching" means the process by which the combustion of hot coke is stopped by application of water or any other procedure achieving the same affect.
9 Va. Admin. Code § 5-40-1060
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.