ON APRIL 17, 1997, REGION IX ISSUED, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 13 OF FIFRA, A STOP SALE, USE OR REMOVAL ORDER TO THE FOLLOWING FOUR COMPANIES: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.; VALENT U.S.A. CORPORATION; CARMICHAEL INTERNATIONAL SERVICE; AND PRICE TRANSFER, INC. THE ORDER STOPS THESE COMPANIES FROM FURTHER DISTRIBUTING A RECENTLY IMPORTED SHIPMENT OF THIRTY-EIGHT 200 KILOGRAM UNITS OF ESFENVALERATE WHICH IS REGISTERED AS SUMI-ALPHA TECHNICAL INSECTICIDE. AN APRIL 15, 1997, INSPECTION OF THIS SHIPMENT REVEALED THAT THE CONTAINERS OF ESFENVALERATE WERE NOT LABELED. THE COMPANIES INTEND TO SUBMIT TO EPA PROPOSALS FOR PROPER LABELING.