A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that clamps down on a single-source polluter — a coal-fired power plant wafting sulfur dioxide across the Delaware River — has survived federal court scrutiny.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found the EPA reasonably interpreted a Clean Air Act provision allowing restriction of polluters that "contribute significantly to nonattainment" of any air-quality standard or interfere with another state's air-quality implementation plan.

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