AUGUSTA (AP) — About 1,200 Mainers who’ve failed to submit necessary documents verifying their eligibility for the Affordable Care Act exchange must act soon to avoid losing their health care coverage.

Consumers have until Sept. 5 to submit outstanding citizenship or immigration documents or they will lose their coverage on the health care exchange on Sept. 30.

People living in the country illegally aren’t allowed to get coverage. On Tuesday, the federal government sent letters to those who still haven’t submitted their paperwork to warn them of the upcoming deadline.

Consumers can upload their documents to the HealthCare.gov website, or mail them in.

Water cos. at odds over Poland Spring label

PORTLAND (AP) — A bottled-water company that won the right to draw water from Poland Spring is at loggerheads with the Maine-based Poland Spring brand.

Newcomer Maine Springs says it’s required by law to identify its water source, which includes Poland Spring. It’s suing the Poland Spring company, which has told it that putting the name on labels infringes upon its brand.

A spokeswoman for Poland Spring’s corporate parent, Nestle Waters North America, tells the Portland Press Herald the Maine Springs lawsuit is “meritless.”

Maine Springs also contends the Poland Spring company misrepresents the source of its water. In 2003, Poland Spring settled a class action lawsuit that contended its water comes from wells, not bubbling springs. Poland Spring’s water sources include Poland, Poland Spring, Hollis, Kingfield and Fryeburg.