A former staffer at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) who worked on radioactive waste issues has returned as a commissioner.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday appointed Bobby Janecka to the third spot on the commission, according to a press release. The other members are Chairman Jon Niermann and Commissioner Emily Lindley.
Janecka has since 2018 been a policy adviser for Abbott, and in May of this year became the state’s representative to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to his LinkedIn profile.
From September 2013 to November 2018, Janecka was the radioactive materials licensing section manager at TCEQ. He previously spent 10 months as a legislative analyst for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and just over two years as a staffer in the Texas House of Representatives.
