Eight shore towns have filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, asking for an independent review of whether the Atlantic Shores wind project violated the department’s coastal regulations.The lawsuit was filed Dec. 1 by the Hackensack-based law firm of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. for Long Beach Township, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, Surf City, Harvey Cedars, Barnegat Light, Brigantine and Ventnor.