May 19, 1983

Negotiators in the Legislature have agreed in principle to delay the imposition of a nickel deposit on beer and soft-drink containers sold in New York State. The deposits were originally to be required as of July 1. But under legislation being discussed, the sale of non- deposit bottles and cans would be permitted in the state until Sept. 12, a week after Labor Day. ''Implementing this bill in the middle of the summer season creates serious problems,'' said Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell, a sponsor of the original bottle-deposit law. The delay is opposed by environmental groups and supported by the industry.

CANDINHA SILVEIRA had three things in mind when she and her husband, Joaquim, set out to buy their country place. ''I wanted an old house,'' she said, ''I wanted it on a hill and I wanted a waterfall nearby.'' After visiting more than 90 far-flung farm properties, she satisfied all three wishes here in the southeastern region in the midst of Brazil's original coffee-growing area. ''We are very active, we are always doing something, and we wanted a place to retire that would also keep us busy,'' she said. The 125-year-old Barra do Peixe plantation, which encompasses 4,000 acres and cost $1.6 million, met that challenge too.

''The first duty of a sovereign nation is to control its borders, and we don't.'' - Senator Alan K. Simpson, sponsor of immigration bill. (A1:6.)

Braniff International's secured creditors decided at a meeting on Monday to reject the latest offer made by Hyatt International to put some of Braniff's planes back into service, but the creditors left the door open for future discussion with Hyatt, a lawyer who was at the meeting said yesterday. The main point of disagreement, the lawyer said, was the amount that Jay A. Pritzker, the chairman of Hyatt, was willing to pay for monthly rental of the 30 planes that would be used. Mr. Pritzker has reportedly offered $75,000 a month for each plane, but many of the secured creditors, who hold leases on the planes and would receive the rental fees, reportedly believe that they can do better by selling the planes outright. The lawyer at the meeting, who asked not to be identified, said that although no formal discussions were under way now between the secured creditors and Hyatt, there was a good chance that such talks could take place soon. Another source close to the secured creditors said that they may come up with a counterproposal that would then be presented to Mr. Pritzker, who has sweetened his proposal four times in the past two months in an effort to win agreement to restart the airline. Braniff closed down last May and filed for protection from its creditors under Federal Bankruptcy law.

The chairman of the City Council's Finance Committee said yesterday that an increase in real-estate taxes, as Mayor Koch has proposed, would not be necessary to balance the budget for the fiscal year 1984. But in response to the Councilman, Edward L. Sadowsky, a Queens Democrat, Mayor Koch said that according to his office's most recent calculations, an increase would be required, particularly since it seemed unlikely that his tax proposals would receive legislative approval in Albany. At issue in the city's proposed $16.7 billion budget is $100 million that Mayor Koch says must be raised in taxes and that Mr. Sadowsky says can be accounted for through surpluses and increases in city revenues as a result of improvements in the nation's economy.