Whitehall Township is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to receiving an approved $117,300 grant.

The money is earmarked to reimburse the township for part of the purchase of the 12-acre Prydun Farm in Hokendauqua.

Although the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources approved the grant for the township, the disbursement is now being reviewed by the U.S. Department of Interior, Mayor Edward D. Hozza Jr. said recently.

The Pennsylvania Historical Commission also will review the grant.

Hozza said the grant is not in jeopardy.

"They have more questions they want answered," Hozza said.

Township officials thought all questions were answered when the grant application was submitted and subsequently approved.

Hozza said officials do not know when the township will receive its check.

It's possible there may be two checks. The first would be for 90 percent of the grant proceeds, with the remaining 10 percent coming later.

The township will place the grant proceeds into the Lafarge Fund, from which the initial funds were taken for closing on the property in March 2013.

Although the commissioners had approved the acquisition of the Prydun Farm for open space and a historic site, they did not know township administrators were planning to use the Lafarge Fund would be tapped. The commissioners then adopted legislation requiring their approval whenever the fund is used.

Once the grant is received, Hozza said previously, the Lafarge Fund will contain $1.3 million in principal. The Lafarge account was set up when the cement manufacturing company contributed $1.7 million after receiving approval to open a new quarry.