diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/variants/VECDepthOfCoverage.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/variants/VECDepthOfCoverage.java
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+package org.broadinstitute.sting.playground.gatk.walkers.variants;
+
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.LocusContext;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.rodVariants;
+
+/**
+ * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: michaelmelgar
+ * Date: Jun 22, 2009
+ * Time: 6:04:58 PM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+public class VECDepthOfCoverage implements VariantExclusionCriterion {
+    private int maximum = 200;
+
+    public void initialize(String arguments) {
+        if (arguments != null && !arguments.isEmpty()) {
+            maximum = Integer.valueOf(arguments);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean exclude(char ref, LocusContext context, rodVariants variant) {
+        return context.getReads().size() > maximum;
+    }
+}