diff --git a/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.cc b/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.cc
index 0179e08926..bfd68cb4ca 100644
--- a/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.cc
+++ b/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.cc
@@ -351,15 +351,27 @@ int EventPlaneReco::process_sEPD(PHCompositeNode* topNode)
     TowerInfo* tower = towerinfosEPD->get_tower_at_channel(channel);
 
     unsigned int key = TowerInfoDefs::encode_epd(channel);
+    int rbin = TowerInfoDefs::get_epd_rbin(key);
     double charge = tower->get_energy();
 
-    // skip bad channels
-    // skip channels with very low charge
-    if (tower->get_isHot() || charge < m_sepd_min_channel_charge)
+    // Skip Innermost Ring
+    if (m_skipRing0 && rbin == 0)
     {
       continue;
     }
 
+    // Skip Noise
+    if (charge <= m_sepd_min_channel_charge)
+    {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Clamp on high charge threshold
+    if (m_sEPD_charge_threshold > 0 && charge > m_sEPD_charge_threshold)
+    {
+      charge = m_sEPD_charge_threshold;
+    }
+
     // arm = 0: South
     // arm = 1: North
     unsigned int arm = TowerInfoDefs::get_epd_arm(key);
diff --git a/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.h b/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.h
index 231d30a8bb..167e7b698a 100644
--- a/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.h
+++ b/offline/packages/eventplaneinfo/EventPlaneReco.h
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ class EventPlaneReco : public SubsysReco
     m_sepd_min_channel_charge = sepd_min_channel_charge;
   }
 
+  void set_charge_threshold(double threshold)
+  {
+    m_sEPD_charge_threshold = std::max(0.0, threshold);
+  }
+
+  void set_skipRing0(bool skip)
+  {
+    m_skipRing0 = skip;
+  }
+
   void set_EventPlaneInfoNodeName(const std::string &name)
   {
     m_EventPlaneInfoNodeName = name;
@@ -91,9 +101,12 @@ class EventPlaneReco : public SubsysReco
  bool m_doNotCalib{false};
  bool m_doNotCalibEvent{false};
 
+ bool m_skipRing0{true};
+
  double m_cent{0.0};
  double m_globalEvent{0};
- double m_sepd_min_channel_charge{0.2};
+ double m_sepd_min_channel_charge{0.5};
+ double m_sEPD_charge_threshold{50};
 
  std::string m_calibName{"SEPD_EventPlaneCalib"};
  std::string m_inputNode{"TOWERINFO_CALIB_SEPD"};