mod_perl cannot find startup.pl

Running Centos 6.6 with Apache 2.2.15 and mod_perl 2.0.4

I'm trying to add a startup script (startup.pl) but cannot seem to get
mod_perl to find it.  I've reduced the config down to the bare minimum
that still reproduces the issue for me.

Perl apache configuration:

    LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
    PerlRequire /home/web/pdxep/startup.pl
    PerlSwitches -wT

Contents of /home/web/pdxep/startup.pl

    use lib qw(/home/web/pdxep);
    1;

When attempting to start Apache:

    [Wed Jul 08 16:13:02 2015] [error] Can't locate
        /home/web/pdxep/startup.pl in @INC (@INC contains:
            /usr/local/lib64/perl5
            /usr/local/share/perl5
            /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl
            /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
            /usr/lib64/perl5
            /usr/share/perl5
            /etc/httpd) at (eval 2) line 1.\n
    [Wed Jul 08 16:13:02 2015] [error] Can't load Perl file:
        /home/web/pdxep/startup.pl for server perseus.jhmg.pvt:0,
        exiting...

As a sanity check to show I've verified permissions:

    [jhg@perseus pdxep]$ ls -ld / /home /home/web /home/web/pdxep
    dr-xr-xr-x. 24 root root   4096 May 26 11:18 /
    drwxr-xr-x.  5 root root   4096 Jul  8 14:42 /home
    drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root   4096 Jul  8 14:43 /home/web
    drwxr-xr-x.  3 jhg  apache 4096 Jul  8 16:04 /home/web/pdxep
    [jhg@perseus pdxep]$ ls -l /home/web/pdxep/startup.pl
    -rwxr-xr-x. 1 jhg apache 33 Jul  8 16:04 /home/web/pdxep/startup.pl

Also as a sanity check, su to apache and load the startup script:

    [jhg@perseus pdxep]$ sudo -s -u apache
    bash-4.1$ cd
    bash-4.1$ pwd
    /var/www
    bash-4.1$ perl -de0

    Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.32
    Editor support available.

    Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

    main::(-e:1):   0
      DB<1> require '/home/web/pdxep/startup.pl';

      DB<2> x @INC
    0  '/home/web/pdxep'
    1  '/usr/local/lib64/perl5'
    2  '/usr/local/share/perl5'
    3  '/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl'
    4  '/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl'
    5  '/usr/lib64/perl5'
    6  '/usr/share/perl5'
    7  '.'

The fact that element [0] in @INC has that value shows the script
executed successfully.

Any suggestions on further troubleshooting?

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