Two recent news items regarding the EPA should be of interest to anyone practicing environmental litigation. First, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson issued her "state of the EPA" report on her first year in office and her priorities: 
(http://blog.epa.gov/administrator/2010/01/12/seven-priorities-for-epas-future/).

Second, the Obama Administration's budget gives an indication of the directions they would like EPA to take:
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/0efb5bc261f61eb7852576bd00638467!OpenDocument)

Taken together, they signal a clear intent to increase the EPA's involvement in proactive protection (e.g., chemical testing, additional materials handling rules) and in clean-up enforcement (e.g., CERCLA. or "Superfund" sites).