PerlAccessHandler

Folks,
My PerlAccessHandler is being executed twice per each request. Is this a
normal behavior for an access handler? 
Here is my .conf entry
<Location /myHandler>
        SetHandler       perl-script
        # run is a wrapper for my handler
        # all common methods which many of my handlers
        # use are stored in the super class of myHandler
        # in which run is a part of.
        # Also wraps myHandler in a try {} catch { ...
        # block.
        PerlHandler      myHandler->run
        PerlAccessHandler myAccess
        .
        .
        .
</Location>

The access handler's job is to check for cookies and last login time.
There are no fancy codes there... However, on every request, the handler
is invoked twice. Can someone make a suggestion as to why this is
happening? 
Thanks in advance
-r