After Cape May County Officials and State Legislators addressed their concerns to State Officials on the record at the NJDEP’s first public hearing in Ocean County last Thursday, Director Desiderio and the Board of County Commissioner, joined by State Legislators from Legislative Districts 1, 9 and 10, and double down on their concerns with the State’s proposed radical REAL climate change rules . Concerns include increased construction costs for public and private projects; issues with access for ADA compliance for seniors and the disabled, impacts to the fishing industry that will cause distress to operations and impact the shellfish industry and impacts to historic structures, including Cape May City whose entire City operates within a historic district designation.